What causes ribs and back area pain, breathlessness after a radical hysterectomy?
Patient: I am 49. I had a total radical hysterectomy on 21st August because of uterus cancer Ib stage diagnosed. The complications were high temperature, too much liquid drained, pelvic hematoma, left leg edema. I was released home with high temperature, leg edema, hematoma and bad blood test results (CRP 150, white blood cells 12000, high sedimentation level). The doctor said it takes time to heal after such a big operation. Oncology consillium reported no other treatment (either chemotherapy or radio therapy) is necessary. After two days my temp. got higher (38.3 C) and I got pain in my right side starting from the ribs downwards both front and back. The next day the pain moved to the left side on the back. I feel a twinge which prevents me to breath in deeply. The pain can be very severe and wake me up. Now I am at the pulmonology ward. They performed lungs Xray, heart ultrasound scan, legs colour doppler scan, lungs scan and blood test. They say pulmonary embolism is excluded as a possible diagnose but it could be pneumonia. I have been treated with antibiotics for 5 days and this morning I was woke up by pain again. What do you think? Doctor: Good morning. The likely cause for your pain is either pneumonia or musculoskeletal pain. YOu need not to worry as your cancer was early stage and no further treatment was necessary. Pain will go in a few days. be happyregards