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Cyclic Medical Mystery (includes colon, prostate, lymph nodes)
Medical History:
Nothing significant.
Mild Scoliosis no surgery.
Never had issues with certain foods.
Haven't always had healthy bowel movements.
Mother has lymphoma.
Grandmother breast cancer.
Grandfather heart attack.
Mid-September 2016:
-Virgin
-Began having difficulty achieving a strong erection, burning and some pain when sitting in area between scrotum and anus.
-Few days later began feeling as if left side of penis was bruised or had a blood clot. Odd internal bruise feeling. Also, burning when ejaculating.
-Visited Urologist twice received prostate exam, and recommended anti-inflammatory pills.
-Ultimately diagnosed with an irritated or infected prostate as my symptoms improved and eventually went away.
October a few weeks later:
-I become severally constipated and began taking natural remedies: Aloe Vera juice, Prunes, Apple juice/Apples.
-Eventually after something like 4 days I went...and went...and it was just diarrhea. Spent hours on the toilet and began having abdominal pain and eventually blood in whatever liquid came out.
-I went to the emergency room spent 4 days in the hospital received the following: CT scan, Antibiotics, probiotics, enema, sigmoidoscopy (revealed nothing of note), morphine, and something for nausea.
-Ultimately I got better and began having solid bowel movements and released with a tentative diagnosis of Colitis.
Mid-January 2017:
-I notice my right neck lymph node is swollen.
-Stays swollen for over a month before I seek help.
-Primary physician redirects me to an ENT but prescribes a week of antibiotics incase.
Mid-February 2017:
-I begin having similar penis and colon issues in a less severe way around the time I am going to an ENT doctor to inspect my swollen lymph node.
-He takes a liquid biopsy of the lymph node and finds nothing, so I get a contrast and no contrast CT scan of my neck and they find that both my neck lymph nodes are swollen.
Present day:
-I am scheduled to have one of my lymph nodes removed for further investigation and for safety as my mother has lymphoma.
-My self-intuition tells me something is cycling in my body, less severe the second time since my body has learned to adapt and the lymph nodes on my body are swelling as a response of this "thing" having lived in my body since September last year. Any thoughts?
Nothing significant.
Mild Scoliosis no surgery.
Never had issues with certain foods.
Haven't always had healthy bowel movements.
Mother has lymphoma.
Grandmother breast cancer.
Grandfather heart attack.
Mid-September 2016:
-Virgin
-Began having difficulty achieving a strong erection, burning and some pain when sitting in area between scrotum and anus.
-Few days later began feeling as if left side of penis was bruised or had a blood clot. Odd internal bruise feeling. Also, burning when ejaculating.
-Visited Urologist twice received prostate exam, and recommended anti-inflammatory pills.
-Ultimately diagnosed with an irritated or infected prostate as my symptoms improved and eventually went away.
October a few weeks later:
-I become severally constipated and began taking natural remedies: Aloe Vera juice, Prunes, Apple juice/Apples.
-Eventually after something like 4 days I went...and went...and it was just diarrhea. Spent hours on the toilet and began having abdominal pain and eventually blood in whatever liquid came out.
-I went to the emergency room spent 4 days in the hospital received the following: CT scan, Antibiotics, probiotics, enema, sigmoidoscopy (revealed nothing of note), morphine, and something for nausea.
-Ultimately I got better and began having solid bowel movements and released with a tentative diagnosis of Colitis.
Mid-January 2017:
-I notice my right neck lymph node is swollen.
-Stays swollen for over a month before I seek help.
-Primary physician redirects me to an ENT but prescribes a week of antibiotics incase.
Mid-February 2017:
-I begin having similar penis and colon issues in a less severe way around the time I am going to an ENT doctor to inspect my swollen lymph node.
-He takes a liquid biopsy of the lymph node and finds nothing, so I get a contrast and no contrast CT scan of my neck and they find that both my neck lymph nodes are swollen.
Present day:
-I am scheduled to have one of my lymph nodes removed for further investigation and for safety as my mother has lymphoma.
-My self-intuition tells me something is cycling in my body, less severe the second time since my body has learned to adapt and the lymph nodes on my body are swelling as a response of this "thing" having lived in my body since September last year. Any thoughts?
Have you had your WBC count checked? It sounds like a prostate problem to me but whats your age and dominant race as well? Did the urologist say whether or not your prostate was enlarged? Did they check for prostate cancer?
2 Comments
Your symptoms also correlate with an infection.
Possible UTI or acute prostatitis
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