Clots and Pleurisy

[Guest guest]

Hi Group:

So, I get up at 5AM to cook thanksgiving dinner, I am all done by 1PM, figure I

will get some rest before we eat, all day long I have this nagging pain in the

top of my ribs, under my breast, but I ignore and keep moving, I take a pain

pill, nothing, so my hubby says maybe its gas, so I walk to the drug store to

get some GAS-X....why did I do that? I dont know how I got home, all of a

sudden, I get this crushing bad chest pain, i take baby steps, but i make it

home. I cant take the pain no more so they take me to the ER and

BOOM....Pleurisy! OK, so they give me a massive dose of prednison (like 125 mgs

in a shot) and morphine and finally the pain is enuf that I can breathe (I

couldnt take a deep breath). hey rush me to CT Scan and lo and behold I have

two small blood clots in my chest (who knew?), and I have Pleurisy (but no

fluid, only inflammation in the lining of my lungs). So, I am in the hospital

for 5 days and now I am on blood thinners for 6 months, and what a drag this

is....I have to take blood thinner shots in the stomach for the next week and

coumadin at nite until my INR levels are between 2-3. They are now only at

1.5....the shots hurt, my arms are full of bruises ans bumps from all the meds

and worse my Sed Rate is 39 and my other level in inflammation marker is 50!!

So the RA doc says I now either have to take more Enbrel and if that doesnt work

switch to something else, like an infusion.

I will file the last 7 days under " What the Heck was that " ....

OKD (ugh!)

[Guest guest]

I'm so very sorry to hear this, OKD. Not a good Thanksgiving for you!

Did anyone have any theories about the source of the clots?

Not an MD

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:54 PM, OKD <Cofade_2000@...> wrote:

> Hi Group:

>

> So, I get up at 5AM to cook thanksgiving dinner, I am all done by 1PM, figure

I will get some rest before we eat, all day long I have this nagging pain in the

top of my ribs, under my breast, but I ignore and keep moving, I take a pain

pill, nothing, so my hubby says maybe its gas, so I walk to the drug store to

get some GAS-X....why did I do that?  I dont know how I got home, all of a

sudden, I get this crushing bad chest pain, i take baby steps, but i make it

home.  I cant take the pain no more so they take me to the ER and

BOOM....Pleurisy!  OK, so they give me a massive dose of prednison (like 125 mgs

in a shot) and morphine and finally the pain is enuf that I can breathe (I

couldnt take a deep breath).  hey rush me to CT Scan and lo and behold I have

two small blood clots in my chest (who knew?), and I have Pleurisy (but no

fluid, only inflammation in the lining of my lungs).  So, I am in the hospital

for 5 days and now I am on blood thinners for 6 months, and what a drag this

is....I have to take blood thinner shots in the stomach for the next week and

coumadin at nite until my INR levels are between 2-3.  They are now only at

1.5....the shots hurt, my arms are full of bruises ans bumps from all the meds

and worse my Sed Rate is 39 and my other level in inflammation marker is 50!!

 So the RA doc says I now either have to take more Enbrel and if that doesnt

work switch to something else, like an infusion.

>

> I will file the last 7 days under " What the Heck was that " ....

>

> OKD (ugh!)

[Guest guest]

Hi OKD.

 

Gee, I was so sorry to read how sick you have been.  I am glad you went to the

ER and found out what was wrong with you.  Pleurisy is very painfull as my

father had it a lot.  Thank God they found the bloodclots before anything

happened to you.  I am sure your body and RA are running wild.  I know when I

don't see you posting, that something is going on with you and not good.  Then

having to deal with perhaps another bio-logical drug to try.  Yikes, you are in

a over whelming situation.

 

I sure do hope you begin to feel better soon.  Things are tough for you right

now.  I will keep you in my prayers and pray things turn around for you.

 

Hugs,

 

Barbara

From: OKD <Cofade_2000@...>

Subject: [ ] Clots and Pleurisy

Date: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 3:54 PM

 

Hi Group:

So, I get up at 5AM to cook thanksgiving dinner, I am all done by 1PM, figure I

will get some rest before we eat, all day long I have this nagging pain in the

top of my ribs, under my breast, but I ignore and keep moving, I take a pain

pill, nothing, so my hubby says maybe its gas, so I walk to the drug store to

get some GAS-X....why did I do that? I dont know how I got home, all of a

sudden, I get this crushing bad chest pain, i take baby steps, but i make it

home. I cant take the pain no more so they take me to the ER and

BOOM....Pleurisy! OK, so they give me a massive dose of prednison (like 125 mgs

in a shot) and morphine and finally the pain is enuf that I can breathe (I

couldnt take a deep breath). hey rush me to CT Scan and lo and behold I have two

small blood clots in my chest (who knew?), and I have Pleurisy (but no fluid,

only inflammation in the lining of my lungs). So, I am in the hospital for 5

days and now I am on blood thinners for 6

months, and what a drag this is....I have to take blood thinner shots in the

stomach for the next week and coumadin at nite until my INR levels are between

2-3. They are now only at 1.5....the shots hurt, my arms are full of bruises ans

bumps from all the meds and worse my Sed Rate is 39 and my other level in

inflammation marker is 50!! So the RA doc says I now either have to take more

Enbrel and if that doesnt work switch to something else, like an infusion.

I will file the last 7 days under " What the Heck was that " ....

OKD (ugh!)

[Guest guest]

Oh man sorry you had to go through such an ordeal. Glad they caught things in

time. Hope you get better soon and that never happens again.

[Guest guest]

I'm sorry about your troubles, OKD. I know it can't be any fun to be

in the hospital that long. I hope your pleurisy is soon gone and you

will no longer have to have shots. I'm sending positive thoughts that

you heal swiftly.

Sue

On Dec 2, 2010, at 3:54 PM, OKD wrote:

> Hi Group:

>

> So, I get up at 5AM to cook thanksgiving dinner, I am all done by

> 1PM, figure I will get some rest before we eat, all day long I have

> this nagging pain in the top of my ribs, under my breast, but I

> ignore and keep moving, I take a pain pill, nothing, so my hubby

> says maybe its gas, so I walk to the drug store to get some GAS-

> X....why did I do that? I dont know how I got home, all of a

> sudden, I get this crushing bad chest pain, i take baby steps, but i

> make it home. I cant take the pain no more so they take me to the

> ER and BOOM....Pleurisy! OK, so they give me a massive dose of

> prednison (like 125 mgs in a shot) and morphine and finally the pain

> is enuf that I can breathe (I couldnt take a deep breath). hey rush

> me to CT Scan and lo and behold I have two small blood clots in my

> chest (who knew?), and I have Pleurisy (but no fluid, only

> inflammation in the lining of my lungs). So, I am in the hospital

> for 5 days and now I am on blood thinners for 6 months, and what a

> drag this is....I have to take blood thinner shots in the stomach

> for the next week and coumadin at nite until my INR levels are

> between 2-3. They are now only at 1.5....the shots hurt, my arms

> are full of bruises ans bumps from all the meds and worse my Sed

> Rate is 39 and my other level in inflammation marker is 50!! So the

> RA doc says I now either have to take more Enbrel and if that doesnt

> work switch to something else, like an infusion.

>

> I will file the last 7 days under " What the Heck was that " ....

>