So things have been interesting this week. Monday, not too long after I finished the previous post, I ended up in the ER with chest pain and difficulty breathing. After a CT scan, the doc in the ER determined that it wasn't a pulmonary embolism (which is the big worry after a surgery like mine) and sent me home.
Long story short, I still felt horrible. Like a 90 year old man with a bad heart. Chest pains and trouble breathing make you feel like you're dying. I don't recommend it.
After several more doctor visits and a few tests, it's finally been determined that I have pericarditis, a condition in which the sac-like covering around the heart (pericardium) becomes inflamed. Breathing deeply hurts because the expanding lungs push on the pericardium. Laying down or bending over hurts because things shift behind the chest wall and push on the pericardium. Heart rate is high because the heart isn't able to expand as fully as it otherwise might. Not fun.
Interestingly, this is apparently unrelated to the ankle surgery in any way, and is instead probably the result of a bug I caught some time in mid January.
The good news is that I have only a minor case and it isn't life threatening. The bad news is that it can take 12 weeks to clear up. I have already seen some improvement (my doc says I'll have good days and bad days) but at least I no longer feel like I'm dying.
That actually becomes an interesting perspective. I may not feel 100%, but when compared to feeling like I'm dying, I feel great.
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