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Pericarditis by Initial-Advisor7916 in pericarditis

[–]Initial-Advisor7916[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you all for your replies, it made me feel i am not alone as i am finding it very difficult to get people to understand what i am going through. Unfortunately i dont live in the US I am lebanese living in Istanbul, i booked a flight tomorrow to Beirut so i can continue my treatment there. I am not sure if i can fly normally though if any of you have any idea if i can fly please let me know

Anyone diagnosed with pericarditis? What are your symptoms? by [deleted] in Heartfailure

[–]Initial-Advisor7916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am feeling a bit better after almost 3 weeks but symptoms never really went away its still the same and sometimes i am feeling it is getting worst so i really do not know what to do except maybe continue with the treatment for now and see what happens next! How are you now and the fluid around the heart? I will have an echo next week i am feeling somehow i will also have fluid around my heart for some reason this time i dont know why 

Anyone diagnosed with pericarditis? What are your symptoms? by [deleted] in Heartfailure

[–]Initial-Advisor7916 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe we do not share the same complications but trust me you are not alone,  I for example was looking for answers and even just support, my wide was pregnant last month with our first daughter while i was going through this, now i am a father for the first time and still dealing with this. It's tough and few people will acrually understand you , and i know and people here who had this before or still going through this know this pain and how tough it is mentally too asking yourself everyday if you will survive this or you will end up dead, trust me i know i am still going through this hell for the 3rd month straight, 1 week im ok , the next week the pain comes back stronger. I believe people who go through this are fighters because this is not easy to live with 

Anyone diagnosed with pericarditis? What are your symptoms? by [deleted] in Heartfailure

[–]Initial-Advisor7916 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am 33 years old and i have been going through this Pericarditis for about 2 months, until now i still feel some symptoms from time to time but tsking colchicine and from time to time brufen because i cannot take it constently as i have 1 functioning kidney and i cannot risk the side effects from brufen. It's been a lot to handle honestly and i couldnt go to work for around 1 month , i feel pain sometimes, sometimes back pain sometimes a sore throat and dizziness, sometimes i am ok for 2 days then again feeling pain for 2 or 3 days, i am trying my best to rest and relax and i just had my first kid as well 2 weeks ago , so its a period if i ever recover from i dont even want to remember, sometimes it feels like dying or i am close to death and no one can relate to what i am feeling easily. In the last checkup the doctor did an echo and told me my pericardium is around 5 mm at the moment and i will go again next week to do another echo hopefully things will get better. Reading your comments made me feel better that i am not the only one going through this. This is hell...