Hi all
Hope everyone is doing as well as possible.
I had a right hemicolectomy at the end of January 2020. All went well and I had my second 3 month stint of chemo after which I finished in June. All through I have had a feeling of pressure/air underneath my right lung and sharp pains too around my torso which feel like trapped air. No one seemed too worried when I mentioned this and my last CT scan in June was clear.
I am wondering if anybody else has had similar symptoms even this long after the op? Of late it has seemed a little worse. It feels like I’ve got air trapped up my back and right shoulder blade and I get a feeling of pressure where I imagine the ‘join’ is in my bowel. Sometimes sharp nerve pain there too. The sharp pains have continued as well. I get bloating and tummy growls at times. Is this fairly normal after 6 months? I keep reading about people who have gone back to normal after op and worrying that I haven’t.
I rang the bowel nurses who said to keep an eye on it - but didn’t really have any answers. I am due to have a colonoscopy in Sept but there is a backlog because of COVID so waiting for appt.
Still getting used to being post treatment and finding this trapped air/pressure hard to take. Hopefully nothing to worry about. Have had a fissure too which I posted about before!
Keen to hear from anyone else who has had similar experience anyway!
Cheers
David
