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Posted 9/27/2012 1:54 AM (GMT 0)
Hi

I'm not sure if this is even UC-related, but I've been having pains in the left side of my ribs and right under my left breast when I try to breathe deeply or laugh. It started at noon 2 days ago. When I went out to lunch and put some food in my mouth, there was pain, although I was still able to finish my food. Yesterday, I didn't have a problem with it when I ate. There was no pain. There was only discomfort when I took a deep breath and/or laughed. So, I was assuming it was some muscle strain or something like that, so I put some menthol sticky sheets (pads) on it before going to bed. And today, the same discomfort is still there. I was fine when I ate my breakfast. I had soft foods - fish, miso soup, piece of toast. For dessert, I had cut up some bananas and kiwi. It was when I took a bite of the kiwi that it hurt a little. Has anybody experienced this before?  

Posted 9/27/2012 2:00 AM (GMT 0)
Just a side note - I was recently hospitalized for 3 days for having an allergic reaction to the IV dye they injected for the CT scan. This happened last Tuesday. It was a pretty bad reaction since I also have asthma so they shot up steroids as well. I also had another IV shot up to reduce abdominal pain. I was out of the hospital last Friday (they stopped all the IV last Thursday) and this pain started just this Tuesday.
Posted 9/27/2012 2:35 AM (GMT 0)
It sounds like Pleurisy. I used to get that a lot as a kid. It's like a sharp dagger like pain when you take a deep breath?
Posted 9/27/2012 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
Early on with UC I had something that I was told was a temporary arthritis caused by UC. It was in my ribcage and it hurt to breathe deeply. Voltaren cleared it right up. So that's a possibility.
Posted 9/27/2012 11:49 AM (GMT 0)
I don't think this is it but I guess you might have to add the possibility of Shingles. If this is it a rash will start developing in several spots on one side of you. Like I said, I don't really think this is it but if it is you would want to jump on it immediately. They have highly effective antivirals for this if you catch it very early. If you don't catch it early it can really suck big time.
Posted 9/27/2012 1:49 PM (GMT 0)
Really badly trapped winds?
Posted 9/27/2012 2:15 PM (GMT 0)
SOmetimes when I am flaring I can feel my some pain under my left ribs. My GI told me it was part of my colon on that side and that it was because of the inflmmation etc....
Posted 9/27/2012 7:24 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, everyone. I saw my GI today and he told me that he thinks it could be acid reflux and also from stress since I was recently diagnosed with cancer. They had taken a CT scan and it showed my lungs and ribs to be completely normal, so he gave me meds to help heal the area.
Posted 9/27/2012 7:38 PM (GMT 0)
I used to get that all the time when I was in a bad flare. My doc told me it was from my colon being so inflamed. And it was always the left side.
Posted 9/27/2012 10:00 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks, Marianne. I hope that's what it's from. Did you take any meds for it? Pain killers? Did it just go away when you were in remission?
Posted 9/28/2012 12:12 AM (GMT 0)

penny471 said...
Thanks, Marianne. I hope that's what it's from. Did you take any meds for it? Pain killers? Did it just go away when you were in remission?

Most times the pain would come and go. Toward the end right before I had surgery, it was more constant. The pain among other things is what led me to the decsion to have surgery because it was all interfering with my quality of life. I didn't take any pain killers for it. I have two school age kids that I needed to drive to school and so forth so I couldn't be on pain meds. Hope you feel better soon.
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