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Strange variety of symptons

Strange variety of symptons

Hello.

I am a 23 year-old woman from Canada who, other than suffering from asthma and albinism, have been completely healthy until recently.

For about six months I had blood and mucus in my stool, which was accompanied by severe constipation. After trying over the counter drugs with no success, I finally saw a gastroenterologist here in Vancouver. He found 2 polyps. One was juvenile, very, very, large and in my large intestine .He said it had been there at least a few years. The second was much smaller and further down my colon, The second smaller one was precancerous. I was relived to have them removed. This was about one month ago. I also had an endoscopy which I have yet to have a follow-up to, but seemed to turn up nothing.

HOWEVER. I continue to have large amounts of mucus in my stool, but am no longer constipated. In fact, I have close to 5 bowl movements every day, mostly in the morning. I also have severe lower back pain on both sides where my kidneys are. Just today I was massaging  my back and  found it swollen in that area as well.

Other strange, seemingly unrelated symptoms have been occurring for the past 3 months. My periods, which were previously very predictable, have been late or non-existent. I also have pain in my lower left abdomen and, get this, a milky discharge from both of my breasts. I get a blood pregnancy test every month for this and it's always negative. I've had a breast ultrasound with normal results and repeated FSH, Prolactin, and other hormonal tests which also all come back normal each time.

I just want to feel better. The back and stomach pain are becoming harder to deal with and the mucus in my stool worries me. I may have FAP, the genetic polyposis disorder, but am adopted and have yet to get my medical history  from mthe damned government. There were also no polyps found in my stomach as far I as I know when I had the endoscopy.

This Thursday, I have a pelvic ultrasound and a follow-up to the endoscopy with my physician. Any advice for the time being? I am at a brick wall and can't climb it, can't ignore it, or go around it anymore.  
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