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27/F ABNRML BLOOD WORK NO ANSWERS--- HORRIBLE SYMPTOMS-PLEASE HELP!

My symptoms started in June with horrible chest pain, over the past two months they have progressed into much more, including....upper abdominal pain, loose stool, horrible bone pain, weight loss (13lbs,) fatique, blurred vision, horrible shooting pains in my head, & of course the horrific chest pain still. NOBODY can seem to diagnose me. I had a doctor put me on Steroids for 5 days 40mg a day bc he seemed to think I had a viral infection, I ended the prescription on July 1st. All the steroids seemed to do was artificially raise my counts temporarily and lead me to getting a rare staph infection called staphylococcus lugdunensis in my right inguinal lymph node 2 weeks after being on them. Now having the Staph infection my bloodstream  it's causing more misdiagnoses, as my whole CBC is in normal limit due to the infection except an RDW of 15.2 (H)

These were my lab results on June 22nd which are the only accurate results considering everything now is
WBC 2.6 (L)
PLATELET 142 (L)
MONO% 19.6 (H)
ABSOLUTE LYMPH 0.8 (L)
ABSOLUTE NEUT 1.3 (L)
SGOT 49 (H)
SGPT 54 (BORDERLINE HIGH)
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN 19.9 (H)

I also had a bone marrow biopsy which reads....
Mildly Hypocellular 60% with trilineage hematopoiesis
Slightly decreased erythropoiesis and granulopoiesis
Polytypic B Cell & T Cell population

Obviously this is abnormal my doctor told me to just "watch it"
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574259 tn?1217340806
Perhaps you should have them check for Polycythemia vera. It is a rare blood disorder. I have been diagnosed with it and it has these symptoms. They usually don't find it unless they are doing blood tests for something else. But what it does is your bone marrow produces too much blood and your red blood cell count is really high. It caused me breathing problems and skin problems. I had to go and have some blood drawn off and when I did, I immediately felt like I could breathe easier and the chest pain let up.
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907672 tn?1381025723
Sorry you are going through so much.  It can be extremely frustrating to wait for a diagnosis.  I can say of all the symptoms you do have, lymphoma doesn't pop out at me.  Usually the first sign of lymphoma is swelling of lymph nodes and then secondary symptoms can occur as night sweats, fevers and extreme weight loss.  Some people also experience itching.  Pain is usually not associated with lymphoma unless a tumor is pushing directly against an organ.  

Are you being treated for the staph infection now?  Seems to me that once they get that under control then further diagnostic studies should be done.  Possibly you should seek another opinion from a different specialist like a hematologist or gastro doctor.  Good luck and I wish you well.

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