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Posted 4/14/2017 3:25 PM (GMT 0)
Happy Easter to all. So, my llnd has put me back on antibiotics for a little bit. Pulsing them. I have had some pretty good days but always seems to flare up again. Most of symptoms have gone. Some days all. I think I am close or I'm just hopeful.

My question is does anyone get pain on their left side of chest. It seems to always be there and is quite uncomfortable and to be honest worrying. Feels like my heart, but I have had it checked. It is right above my nipple and feels like stabbing or squeezing.

If anyone had this. What helped. Did it resolve.

Thanks
Posted 4/14/2017 3:32 PM (GMT 0)
I get pains in that area from time to time, but they always go away.

How long ago did you have your heart checked out? It may be time to have it re-evaluated.

Is it possible that the pain is in the chest wall and not the heart?

If you really believe it's your heart, please, PLEASE do not wait on responses and go to an urgent care center (or a local doc if you can get in today) and get it checked out.

With most of your symptoms gone (congrats on that!!! Woo HOO!!), it may not be anything with your heart, but it's a chance we really don't want to see you taking either!
Posted 4/14/2017 3:36 PM (GMT 0)
Have you had any testing done?

FYI, it's fairly common to have inflammation in the rib cage. That can cause the stabbing sensations you are experiencing.

Just to be sure, I'd check with your doctor.

Let us know how when it resolves 😊
Posted 4/14/2017 3:44 PM (GMT 0)
I really believe it's inflammation in rib cage. Llnd was not to worried.
Posted 4/14/2017 3:49 PM (GMT 0)
With lyme we get so much inflammation. My cousin had what he thought was a heart attack and it was his gall bladder.

Glad the doctor isn't worried.

Have you tried ibuprofen? Drink lots of water when you take it so it doesn't hurt your liver. See if that helps.
Posted 4/14/2017 4:18 PM (GMT 0)
Inflammation in the rib cage can be quite painful! Have you been using anti-inflammatories? Turmeric and ginger work pretty well for me, although I do still get occasional flares of this still, it has really reduced it.
Posted 4/14/2017 4:18 PM (GMT 0)
I have had some stabbing pains on my left side in the area of the heart. Mine is lower than where you described though. Mine only last for a short time though (maybe half hour at most)

My heart was checked by a ECG in 2014...so quite awhile back.
If it continues...you should discuss with your Dr. and have it checked out.
Posted 4/14/2017 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
No I have not spoke with my dr about it only llnd. How much tumeric do u take and how. Thanks for the responses. This is a great group
Posted 4/14/2017 4:55 PM (GMT 0)
Well, you may need more than just turmeric, but that's a good place to start. I take large doses - 4,000 mgs 3 times a day, but I deal with a lot of inflammation.

Turmeric can have pepperine (black pepper extract) to be more effective.

If you prefer to not use the pepperine (it thins the blood, so it can't be used in my house because my hubby has blood issues and takes it too), you can also pair it with ginger or Bromelain. When I was in a ton of pain, I used turmeric, ginger and bromelain and it helped more than I expected, but the results did take a few weeks to notice.
Posted 4/14/2017 8:56 PM (GMT 0)
I went through a few days of that exact feeling recently. Very scary! It happened to me after adding Clindamycin. So I looked up the side effects. Heartburn. No way, I thought, that can't be it. I've had heart burn before, this feels like heart hurt, and bad. But, after some research I think that's exactly what I was feeling, heartburn that was extreme, and right where you said, above the nipple.

Just my experience, hope it helps.
Posted 4/14/2017 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
And I only felt it on my left side too. Only in the heart area, no where else.
Posted 4/14/2017 10:11 PM (GMT 0)
Had it present unilaterally on the left. Very low in the lung. It never felt like 'air hunger' but more like pain on inhale. It almost made me go to the ER once but I went to the Sauna instead and it receded.

Then it spread to my right lung after 4 months of intermittend flare ups and a friend recommended Biaxin which reduced the symptoms by 95% frequency.

Still on it. Flares up rarely while on Biaxin. Will stay on it until I make no more progress then switch to Azithro.

I am on my last days supply and my local pharma should be getting me some but if hes a day late and a med short what are some other abx that might help this until either come?

Another macrolide I imagine?
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