Costrochondritis

thanks a bunch! can you tell me if its true that if I have this it will go away eventually?

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/costochondritis/DS00626

Thank you dero and shilosmom! This eases my anxious mind. I do not experience breathing problems or lung pain any longer but i do expereince the sympthoms of this condition, but as I said earlier as long as it will resolve I can handle it 8) thanks for all of your support!

You guys are the best!

BTW - DERO? have you heard for courtmuffin? I extended my cel number for her to contact me anytime but I havnt heard from her, im hoping all went well with her parents!

That's what I've been told. My internist said that it is not uncommon after PE, it is inflammation of the cartilage in the sternum, where the ribs meet it. Sharon always says she feels like she has an elephant on her chest, I have that same weight, for some reason it feels to me slightly below the sternum, but the pain spreads into my chest toward the left side, and even when it's really bad it'll hurt all the way around the rib cage through to the back. I think it feels a lot like having a heart attack, just lasts for days when it's really flared up. It is irritated by the cold, so that may be why you're noticing it more now, if you are. There isn't really anything to make it go away, my doctor recommended putting a heating pad on my chest, which is what helps me the most, I also took some vicodin but honestly it didn't help me with the pain, he said some anti-inflammatories are okay, but obviously not too much with the coumadin, and normally he would have prescribed a muscle relaxer as well, but I didn't get that because I'm breastfeeding, so I don't know how much that would help.

Thanks,
Yeh I experience.. slight pressure, kinda constricting feeling on the chest wall across the chest, it feels like muscular tiredness and aches, and sometimes the actually bone inbetween my breast is sore to the touch and i sometimes have sharp pains, it seems to come up like every weekend unfortunatly... sometimes it lasts only an hour sometimes hours...and then the instensity goes down and I will feel it a little the next day. But I remember when you posted on this and lol I asked you what a sternum was hehe! but yeh i experience the same thing, and I talked to sharon yesterday and I do not feel the pressure as bad as she describes but she does feel like soreness through the chest wall and the tenderness in the bone between her breasts as well. Hmm, well Im happy to not be alone.

There have been some complications with Courtney's mother, she had to go back in the OR after the original transplant, that was yesterday and I have not heard of anything since then...
Yes I hope that it has improved ...

Please let us know when you do hear something from Courtney. I hope her mom came through okay.

Hi there,
I was going to ask how Courtney's parents were doing too. I hope her mom is doing better now. And does anyone know how Tom (RetiredNavy) is doing after his surgery on Monday?

As for the Costrochondritis/Tzietsie's syndrome, I was told that it would eventually heal on its own. My hematologist tried to give me Capsacin to use to help with the symptoms since I can't get comfortable enough to sleep at night since its so bad now that its cold. Unfortunately the capsacin burned way too much for me and so I couldn't use it. Thanks Sarah for the tip on the heating pad. Did your dr really say we could have a muscle relaxer? I am going crazy lately with this so maybe I will call my pulmonologist back and see if I can take that. Anyone else have any tips? Thanks.

Thank you all, In the back of my mind i was worried i had a nother pe, but it just didnt make sense bc with my first pe the pain started and just didint let up until i went to the er, this comes and goes, I seems to come up when i do a lot of physical activity, so it only started a month or two ago... but Ive been clear of this pain practically all week! But it seems to pop up whenever. Its really frustrating!!! But at least its that and not something to do with PE.