Back in March I finally got my hubby to go to the DR for chest pain he was having. The DR sent him for a X-ray and that came back showing he had fluid in his left lung cavity. (Pleural Effusion) They did a Echocardiogram on him and it was fine. Sent him in for a CT scan with Contrast, and that showed Fluid and a 1.6 cm spiculated nodule in his lower left lobe. He went in for a Thorosentesis (Where they drain the fluid and test it) and it came back "Inconclusive" .. We were then referred to a pulmonary specialist and he ran test's. (Lymes,rheumetoid etc) All of that came back fine. He then sent us for another Ct scan and that showed fluid still in there and he "think's" that the 1.6 cm nodule is actually fluid in the phisher area of the lung.. So we got another Thorosentesis done recently and that came back as nothing.

Hubby had chest pain at work the other day and his left arm was tingly. So he came home asking me the signs of a heart attack. I told him we needed to go to the ER. So we did. They did a ekg and it was fine. DR admitted him for testing. They did a CT again and it showed fluid. (Dr thinks it's left over fluid) They did a lung scan to check for blood clots and a Doppler on his legs to check the blood flow. All of that was fine. They did a TB test and so far nothing is popping up. The blood work is not all back yet. They released him after 2 days in the hospital and we need to go in monday to the DR and get a referral to a thoracic surgeon (chest surgeon)They will biopsy and see if anything is going on in there.... The DR said this is last resort. He does not have any idea what is causing it. He said that he think's it's inflammatory (Lupus, or Rheumetoid etc ) or Cancer, but the fluid is not showing cancer...... All of the blood work is not back yet, we need to find out Monday........ This is all so stressing! No answers, nothing.... Does anyone have any idea on what this could be?!?

He does not think he had a heart attack. He said that the Pleural effusion and the chest issue were not connected.