Saturday, March 20, 2010

The Most Recent News

The doctor called this morning (rather early might I add) and said that I am an interesting case, I DO NOT want to be an interesting case (it means they don't know what's going on). I have been diagnosed with MALT or Mucosa-Associated Lmphoid Tissue which is often found in the stomach as MALT Lymphoma, a very mild treatable lymphoma that can actually be treated with antibiotics (to kill H-pylori bacteria which cause ulcers) however I don't have MALT in my stomach (haha that's unfortunate cuz a malt sounds really good right noww too bad I'm allergic to gluten, anyway) I have it in my ileum and colon which is perplexing to the doctors as they've never seen it before.

Our current plan of action includes me being a human pincussion and having blood tests for multiple different viruses (including epstein bar or mono which I've already had) and most likely lymphoma as well. My doctors will also consult with doctors (mainly pathologists) at the University and possibly at Mayo. At least they found something.

Friday, March 19, 2010

My Rather Comlicated Health Issues

So basically if I don't write all this out somewhere I might go crazy.
It all began 3 or 4 weeks ago (I can't quite remember) when I stayed home from school with flu-like symptoms thinking that a day of rest would cure me little did I know 3 or 4 weeks later I would be in miserable pain with no answers....

More to Come