Pleurisy

i dealt with it a few weeks back - honestly i didn't feel up to working out for close to a month - i was on pretty heavy painkillers for 2 weeks and then just plain exhausted - take your time and recover properly

Yes, and it was awful. Had it with flu and it took a good month to get to a point where I wasn’t going to sleep as soon as I got home from work. There was no working out. Hope you feel better soon and much sympathy. It’s rough stuff.

I had it as a kid ... it was at least a month for initial recovery and I gotta say it's right up in the top 2 most painful health issues I have ever had. I totally agree with allowing good recovery time.

Currently trying to recover from this, finished antibiotics 5days ago but still in pain, albeit far less and appears to be getting progressively better each day. Tried to find info on recovery times through internet searches but pretty vague responses.
Not lifted for 3weeks now and I'm climbing the walls , sounds like I just need to be patient and give it another couple of weeks.

I might have it now. I had horrible chest pains and had to leave work. EKG was normal. I got Duexis. It seems to be helping but I really want to be active. Is it ok to workout if I'm not in pain? The pain had almost completely gone away after dinner, so I vacuumed and food prepped, but then the pain came back and I took another dose. Feeling better again now...

So incredibly painful. It took me about a month to recover. It was the only time in my life I was unintentionally losing weight despite feeling like I was eating as much as I practically could get down. It hurt to move anything. Honestly, I tried to move as little as possible. E.g. if I absolutely could not avoid travelling for work, I really tried to spend several days working from bed following that. A lot of movement one day (e.g. travel) would punish me for days after. I didn't even take a suitcase to avoid the need to pull/lift it, just put my toothbrush & makeup in my briefcase. Exercise was the least of my concerns. Based on my experience, I would say move as little as possible until you heal fully, and give yourself as much time as you need, even if it is more than a month.

I had it in my early 20s and I recall it lasting a couple of weeks. Not a lot of fun. It was nearly 30 years ago, so I'm hazy on the details. Walking was OK.

I felt ok today, did Leslie Sansone indoor walk and yoga. Later, I went to the park and walked before going to the store. My chest started hurting while I was shopping, so I took my pain pill. I was in terrible pain for over an hour before the meds kicked in. Is this normal? I was hoping that if an activity was going to trigger a flare-up, that it would happen during the activity itself. I'm trying to only take the pain meds as-needed, but they don't work quickly.

I had it a while ago. I remember having a coughing fit and then something just popped in my chest followed by excruciating pain. I called my husband and told him something was really wrong and that I needed to go to the hospital. I had to beg the emergency room for pain killers. Went to a allergy/immunotherapy doctor and he did a pulmonary test and asked how the hospital even discharged me. Supposedly my breathing was that bad. 2 steroid shots, 2 doses of liquid steroids and multiple breathing treatments he finally was confident to let me go home. I guess the steroids caused the inflammation to go down because I wasn't in that much pain afterwards. That was the beginning of my battle with lung conditions that led to the discovery of AAT1. I would say take it easy otherwise you might relapse. I have a tendency to ignore warning signs and keep at it. Do what everyone says and just take it easy. You will get better and then you can do all the things you need to do.

So far, so good. I haven't needed my pain meds since Sunday. Tried some lifting yesterday and a little more vigorous cardio this morning, but still not full out. I feel fine.