Not Sure where to post this- in hospital with pleurisy

I wasn't sue where to post this but since i normally post under chronic pain, as i suffer a great deal of, I thought here was as good as any. I have suffered from intense pain, normally in my left side but sometimes in the middle of my chest since I was a teenager, normally i ride it out with rest and cough medicine to make me sleep and I normally wake up and feel ok.

Not the case this week, I started feeling it in my left side and stayed home from work and just treated it with my normal pain medicine. By Sunday I was hurting so bad I had to call the ambulance to come get me as I couldn't stand to move! Ive had 4 heart attacks and have drove myself each time but this pain is unbelievable!! I often get treated like someone just looking for pain meds after the ER nurses see my med list, which really makes me angry as those medications are PRESCRIBED by a doctor, and are irrelevant to my current condition. So they pump me up with dilauded and sent me home.
I awoke the next morning and called my gp to schedule a follow up, who happen to be the doc on call in the ER the night before, I was able to get in the same day and as soon as i walked in the door of my gp's office they sat me in a wheelchair and took me to the ER, now they admitted me and started antibiotics, steroids, and dilauded by iV. they are trying to send me home on just the meds I have from my chronic pain, that is why I'm here as those medicines didn't touch this pain! I'm very angry!!!

Yes they say its pleurisy but my GP said he has never seen anyone in so much pain from it ( obviously he has never had it!!) So he made his rounds and forgot to see me so now he can't come back till after hours- his practice is across the street, so the nurse was kind enough to give me some more IV pain meds since I will be here for awhile. Not overly impressed with my hospital experience this time!

Awe, so very sorry to hear your so ill, many get well wishes coming your ways...
Take your time and posts when your feeling better....coughing like that can hurt a lot so really hope your better soon...
Prayers and well wishes...

Badheart, you are so right about the pain associated with pleurisy. I have had this before back many, many years ago. I have to agree with you, the pain that a person can get with that mess is unbelievable. I have a sister that gets this quite often and she ends up in the hospital each time. Sometimes I wish these drs could become afflicted with some of the things that the patients experience. Usually, if they have ever experienced something a patient has had, they tend to be a little more compassionate to the patient.

I do hope you are getting better.

Wow, I am so sorry for what you are going through. Heart patients should NEVER be dismissed as drug seekers (IMHO). It's not like you can pretend test results don't exist.

I do understand the pain meds thing and how they can make things worse by giving you ONLY what you take at home. If that worked, you wouldn't need to be in the hospital.

It makes me so angry when people are mistreated in the hospital where they have no control over any of their circumstances. I really hope you are able to find family or friends to come stay with you and help advocate for your medical care.

I hope your meds will help with the pain soon and you can get the attention you so deserve.