Hi everyone, firstly I'd like to say thank you for this forum, it's helped me massively with all the information on here and everyone is so helpful and supportive! I'm 32 year old female, I had a VATS lobectomy approx 9 weeks ago and got my lower right lobe removed. Everything went well, my recovery has been pretty smooth considering apart from the old niggle here and there but I've had regular check ups since and all my scans have come back good. The past 4 days I've been waking up in the night with horrific pains on my right side of my chest, radiates from under my collarbone all the way down my diaphragm. The pain was so bad in bed the other night I passed out. I went to hospital the next day and they did a a CT scan, all fine no issues- they think I may have post op nerve damage. They've given me amitryptaline for the night and some pain relief gel to put on. I slept well last night but as soon as I try to get out of bed the same thing happens and the only way I can describe it is as if my whole right side of my chest goes into spasm and it's so painful, I can't catch my breathe! Then after a few minutes it goes, I have no problems at all throughout the day and it's bizarre and I don't need any pain killers throughout the day. Has anyone experienced this and what does anybody recommend? Do I need to see a physio?
many thanks
