Painful mornings

Despite being able to get a better nights sleep now (laid on my side the whole of the night!) The mornings are still a pain. The right side of my chest and shoulder are extremely stiff and there are no painkillers in my system.  Makes it that bit more difficult to take a deep breath...only reaching 3500ml on the spiroball before I get a sharp pain in my shoulder and collar bone.
Hoping that this eases with time and exercise.

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I hope that these accounts are of some help to those of you out there in the same situation as I was a week ago. Please feel free to leave a comment, whether it is an experience of your own or a question you would like to ask and hopefully we can encourage more people to discuss this issue. Thank you

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