I'm hoping someone out there might be experiencing these same things and might be able to help me.
For seven months I have had a low grade fever (usually between 99.0-100.5), swollen lymph nodes in my neck, arthritis in my neck, and abdominal pain with diarrhea intermittently with constipation and a total lack of appetite with weight loss. I also have occassional night sweats and chills and extreme fatigue, and my urine is a thick dark yellow (which I drink only water and it used to always be clear). I also have had chronic, severe back pain for several years that has gotten worse since I've been sick.
All my blood work and stools have come back normal, no sign of inflammation or infection. I have been tested for everything under the sun: mono, lyme's, RA, lupus, west nile, cat scratch, thyroid, molds, tubuculosis, crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and a few others that I don't even know what they are. All negative.
A CT four months ago found lesions and increased blood in my pelvis and uterus. Laparoscopic surgery showed that I had massive scar tissue that had attached my colon to my uterus. They do not know what caused that since I've never had surgery before and it wasn't endometriosis. The surgeon felt certain that this scar tissue was causing my symptoms, but they have no idea what caused the scar tissue in the first place. I had a colonoscopy and upper GI that came back normal. Gallium scan came back normal.
Everything is normal normal normal and I'm so tired of hearing that! I am definitely NOT functioning normally.
Has anyone else experienced symptoms like these? If so, do you have a diagnosis? Do you have any suggestions for me? Please help - I'm desperate.
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