Following bilateral mastectomy 12 years ago, I immediately underwent TRAM flap reconstruction, and I too was told just before surgery that whenI awoke I would feel like I had been hit by a MAC truck...
Do not want to scare you at all, since all is benign with your wife. However, 12 years ago I had a "lump", not found on mammogram or ultrasound, but I felt it. Over a year, it grew larger and my docs...
No relief found with creams or Benadryl. Quincy, interesting theory regarding liver enzymes. I was hospitilized in August with diverticulitis and 2 of my liver enzymes were elevated - docs just said...
Does anyone have itching? Over the past 2-3 weeks, I've had itching on my inner forearms, top of hands and face. No rash and no meds that would cause it. This is a new symptoms, which comes and goes....
I never had true cervical herniated discs, but did have a disc bulge at one level and a disc protrusion at another. I underwent physical theray several times and my last MRI showed complete...
Congratulations Sue!!!! What a wonderful Christmas present. Peace of mind is the best ever. So happy for you. Hugs, Kat...
I'm begining to feel I'll never be well again. I've been sick since August and it's taking a toll on me. Up until a year ago, the only colon issues I had ever suffered from was proctitis appx. 22...
Thinking about you this morning, Sue. Hoping diagnosis will be benign. Kat...
Along with being newly diagnosed with UP, I also suffer from Fibromyalgia. The type of pain you describe sounds very much like fibro. The pain and sensitivity is usually triggered by touch, etc. I...
Sue - if your repeat mammo shows clustered calcifications, they may suggest a needle localization biopsy. That is, under x-ray guidance they find the area of calcification and remove it. Since they...
Hanz: In regard to your "below belly button pain", it may be the UC. I was recently diagnosed with UP, following 2 hospitilizations in the past year for diverticulitis and then C-Diff (from the...
Hi Sue - I've just read some of your posts and hope I can reassure you a bit. I'm a 12 year breast cancer survivor. Twenty+ years ago, I worked for general surgeons who performed a lot of breast...
Christine, thank you for the info. So sorry to hear you had to undergo a colectomy. Was this due to the UP, diverticulosis or did you have UC as well? I too have suffered from IBS for many years,...
Thank you for the info Songlady & Thatfield. I had my first and only other flare of proctitis appx. 20 years ago, following a course of antibiotics. I remember being treated with Rowasa and psyllium...
I'm currently suffering from Proctitis, following C-Diff infection in Oct. In response to MOMUC19, C-Diff could be a possibility as I can attest to the "smelly" part. My symptoms were loss of...
I'm 54, and currently suffering from Proctitis, following 3 day hospitilization for Diverticulitis in August and a 5 day hospitilization in October for C-Diff. I'm sure the C-Diff was due to...