Can anyone list their symptoms of having pleurisy, how long it lasts, what their tx was? I'm having awful pain under my right shoulder blade which is worse with breathing hard and a lesser pain in my front right chest like in the same spot but in the front. I've also had shortness of breath and swelling edema of lower legs. I have SLE, asthma, I'm pretty sure this is pleurisy but kinda confused on the shortness of breath on weather it's related to my asthma or the pleurisy. Last time I saw my rheumie about 2 weeks ago I mentioned it she did a chest xray which was normal and said if it got worse to call but if I could stand it to try to see if it gets better I guess she'd rather not put me on steroids unless they have to. Any advise,