I have had that several times...it's quite painful and a WEIRD sensation. First, get to your doc asap if you haven't already.
Second, hopefully they'll give you some meds to lower the inflammation.
Third, outside of some serious pain meds, there's no real way to stop the pain until the inflammation subsides.

Lying on my left side helped some...but not alot.

Thank you for replying. I spent a night in the hospital to be monitored with the usual test: ekg, blood, echocardiogram, etc. Came home on colchicine. I am praying it helps.
So much pain and discomfort!
Thank you again!

Can I ask what were your symptoms? How did you know something was wrong? It has been mentioned to me but I often have aches and pains and I am not sure I would recognize the symptoms. I hope you feel better soon. Pleurisy was bad enough for me. Take Care

I have pleurisy too. The pain that gives you is like pericarditis. My chest feels tight like a person is hugging me from behind and doing it too tightly. My heart rhythm goes off beat because of the pressure of the pericardium being inflamed and not giving the heart enough room to beat properly. It is very painful. The trick to feeling better is to get the inflammation down. I am hoping this medication works along with the high doses of Advil. Otherwise I have to take steroids and they don't agree with me. So far, so good. It will just take time.
Thank you for writing to me.

cowgirl: Oh, YOU'LL KNOW if you have pericarditis.

It hurts every time your heart beats...literally. It feels like something is squeezing your heart and you feel pain inside your ribcage (not outside).

Yikes! Sorry I asked. I can definitely say I have not had it. Whew!

I've had this for over a year tried colchine and steroids neither helped. Now I just live with the pain. I can't take anti-inflammatories because of my blood thinners so I can't do much for any of the inflammation, I also have inflammation in the plueratic sac