Hey guys!

I'm 25 years old, 182cm, 93kg, Male, don't take medication, smoke a bit (60-80 heated tobacco cigs a week around-ish. I work out everyday.

Lately a few months ago, when I would get a cold my left nostril would get really stuffy and it would give me a weird feeling. Kind of a headache, not a strong one but I certainly was feeling something making pressure inside of me.

Today I sneezed this sack like thing from my left nostril. It has a thick membrane and... Weird... It has blood circulation on them which makes me think it should be inside of my right now. (I hope I'm wrong)

The thing is... I'm finally breathing GOOD from my 2 NOSTRILS. I'm just freaking out because I don't know what it is. Its 7/8cm long and 3/4cm wide.

When it came out, I bled a couple drops of blood but nothing biiiig. It stopped after 30 seconds more of less.

Hey everyone. For almost a year my left nostril has been completely blocked, like zero airflow at all. at first it was suspected to be just Nasal polyps but medication did not help. So I Finally got an MRI a few days ago and it showed a large mass, about 4.1cm x 4.4cm x 6.1 cm, in my left nasal cavity that’s spread into some of my sinuses and eaten into some bone.

The written radiology report actually flagged it as “ highly concerning for nasopharyngeal carcinoma”, which was pretty scary to read on my own. But when I talked to my doctor directly, he said he actually thinks it’s more likely JNA (juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma) given my age.

My ent said nexts steps would be a biopsy of the tumour to rule out NPC and help to push my case more urgent. Also He also said he has never seen a case of JNA in his almost 30 year career. Doing some of my own research I’ve learned that JNA is a highly vascular tumour and have read that there is a great risk for a biopsy that would cause severe bleeding and result in more complications like bleeding out. This concerns me because this would be a first for him and he would be the one doing the biopsy.

I also have a appointment booked with a specialist that I was referred to who has more experience with this sorta thing but not for almost two weeks.

I guess my question is should I go ahead with this biopsy with my ent or wait for the specialist to request one if he suspects its NPC and not JNA but have the risk of waiting even longer if it is cancer or risk complications of a vascular tumour. Any and all advice is appreciated.

30F 5’2” 245 lbs
I take 5mg of Lexapro daily, and use an albuterol inhaler when needed for asthma.
I don’t smoke or use any illegal substances and I never have used illegal substances.

I had to have a mouth swab in late July at the office for my medication management for my antidepressants and spoke with my PA-C today to check in and she brought up that I had cocaine in my system at the time of my swab. This was very shocking to me as I’ve never used any illegal substances, including cocaine, in my life. My only drug usage in my life was trying a weed gummy once a couple years ago and smoking weed twice last year. I am so confused and worried as to why I would test positive for cocaine.

Could this be a false positive? How could this happen? How common is this? I don’t really use Reddit, but idk who to ask as I didn’t get clear answers when asking the PA-C. Thanks in advance.

Editing to add, for anyone wondering how I can say that I’ve never used illegal substances but still claim using marijuana twice…it is legal in California and was purchased at a dispensary. Legally. I’m not a regular user of marijuana and haven’t used it since last year.

Age: 23 months

My son was attacked by a loose dog at a public park a few weeks ago and sustained a bite to the face that required 7 stitches. The whole ordeal has been traumatic for his mom and I, and especially his grandma who was with him during the attack. Despite the craziness of all this he’s remained relatively happy all things considered.

My wife has become scared recently after her aunt (who is also a nurse) said she was worried that the wind looked infected and that they took the stitches out too early and will require scar revision surgery (they were in for 17 days). My wife is also post partum which isn’t helping her anxiety either with all this going on. Would anyone be willing to chime in and take a look at these photos and be able to give her some reassurance that everything is going okay?

That said we do have an appointment scheduled for tomorrow for his pediatrician to take a look at everything but my wife is currently panicking and I’d like to calm her down if I can.

43M. This started around 4–5 weeks ago as a small yellowish/crusted patch on one side of my nose, close to the nostril. It has persisted rather than healing completely.

Over the last few weeks it seems to have gradually spread. I now have similar crusting/irritation on both sides of my nose, with some fainter redness/scaling extending further up the sides of the nose. I've attached photos from different stages.

Symptoms: Periodically it becomes intensely itchy. It isn't particularly painful and I haven't noticed significant swelling. The affected areas can look yellow/tan and crusty/scaly.

24F Diagnosis: radial nerve palsy at 19, waited 5 years with no improvement.

Surgery: 3 weeks ago tendon transfer to restore wrist lift, finger lift, and something with the thumb

Meds:Gabapentin & cyclobenzaprine for after the surgery. Sertraline, Hydroxyzine pamoate, bupropion xl daily.

Current problem: while in cast (~1 week) more numbness then I usually have, specifically my middle and index, the inner parts of my thumb, and today it has moved to the fleshy parts of my lower thumb. Nothing is hurting, nor is there any pressure anywhere. I have to be in this cast for 3 more weeks.

Hello! Before I say anything else, I *did* tell the casting person about the numbness (after I got it recasted because it hurt and was numb), but it's getting progressively worse even after the recasting. It does not hurt like it used to, but the numbness hasn't decreased. I have messaged them again, but if anyone can tell me if it's expected or not unheard of because of this cast type, please let me know. I'm mostly looking for what to do moving forward, and how I can relieve some of this uncomfortableness.

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I have to wear this god awful cast for 3 more weeks, and it's a pretty dramatic one. (There should be a picture attached! But it might take a while to load, I was having trouble earlier. I'll post it in the comments to, but I was having even more trouble with that earlier. ) The cast is to hold my hand up so the tendons stay relaxed, that's why it's in such a weird position. My hand is very "tilted in" if that makes sense, like the bend of my ellbow is the location they casted my hand in (to try and draw it, arm and elbow

|__| hand straight up) so my hand is parallel to my bicept, and my hand gets pulled downwards because of the weight of my thumb (like the back of my hand is towards me with the thumb side of my hand facing down.)

Main question: If I get a recast, what are your recommendations for this to not happen again? Is this "normal" because of the way my hand is forced to lay (up always)? Is the numbness from one of the medications? If I have to keep it, is there anyway to lay to releave the discomfort/minimize the nerve pressure (if that's what's happening)

Thank you for reading, i keep getting comments about my cast, so I am happy to answer more questions if needed. I apologize if I formatted incorrectly.

Tldr: numbness in middle, index and thumb starting when cast was put on. Recasting didn't help, and it is worse then before, what can I do?

There’s a new pharmacy tech at my pharmacy. She refused to give me a refill for a non controlled substance today. I’ve never been denied before and I’ve been on the same meds for many years. The pharmacist denied me today stating, “You don’t need both. (They’re two very different drugs.) You can’t take these two together. There are negative side effects.” Maybe she was confused? I told her I’ll be back for the other and she actually canceled the refill. Today after a check up, I just got my prescription sent in by my doctor as usual. Both of the prescribers of the two meds are in the same network. They know what I’m on and they’ve never had an issue with the combination. I’ve personally never had an issue with the meds. What do I do in this situation? These aren’t controlled substances. One is a hormonal medication and one is an antidepressant. I’m calling in tomorrow. I think I’ll ask my doctor’s office what they think about this situation first.

Hello all, I (24F) have had this mole on my foot for around 5/6 years now. It started off lighter and smaller and got darker and bigger over time. It doesn't itch, burn or bleed and it's completely flat.

I am diagnosed with Hypermobility and I am on the combined contraceptive pill. I have moles all over my body but this one is by far the darkest and biggest. I have one like this on my finger but its lighter and slightly smaller, but still a weird shape like this one.

Is this anything to worry about? I'm unsure if my family has any history of skin cancer but my mother has a lot of moles, even more than me so I'm not sure if this is just a random genetic mole or something else.

F18, 150lbs, 5’2, no smoking, bupropion, sertraline, milly, Zyrtec.

I’ve dealt with “bloating” for years now. The reason why I put quotations is the fact that whatever it is, it doesn’t come out. I physically cannot burp. I haven’t gotten diagnosed before but the only time I’ve ever burped was before during or after puking, and even then it was barely a croak. I have the weird gurgling in the back of my throat when it comes to a faux burp but that’s it. Gas comes out the other end fine… lol. Not constantly, but there are days where it’s worse than others.
My stomach has a little chub on it and a bit of a squish but when it’s like this, it’s hard as a rock.
I’ve dealt with constipation, gastroenteritis, a false diagnosis relating to nausea after my stomach not returning to normal after the stomach flu, it’s awful.

No I’m not pregnant, I’m a virgin.

What kind of doctor should I see about this? Any at home advice until then? I’m in college living off college food… can’t change the diet all that much.

Please don’t be weird. I’ve had so many weird DMs. They make me uncomfortable.

I was cleaning my 17F kiddo’s room and found several notes about suicide. I know I should’ve have read them but I’m shaking and absolutely terrified. I do not know how to approach this.

I do not think she is in immediate danger. She is at work currently and has plans for the future. The most recent note was from 3 months ago.

However, the contents were extremely jarring. One just mentioned that she was scared to write down her true feelings because someone might see it. This was dated about two years ago. The next was a pros and cons list from about 6 months ago. She expressed in it that if she went through with it we would not have to spend so much money on her and that her siblings wouldn’t have to deal with such a “mean, horrible sister.” Her only con was that a funeral is expensive….

The most frightening is from 3 months ago. She wrote out a plan. Close and lock her door. Get all the way under the blankets. Leave a note and a “will” with who would get what.

I am so beyond grateful that she did not follow through but I am sick over the thought that just three months ago my baby was planning something so horrific. She didn’t mention a method so now I’m worried about what I need to secure in the house. We do not have firearms or other weapons.

She has plans for the future. The near future and the extended future. She plans to attend all of her school dances and bought several dresses. She loves her job. She has great friends and spends a good amount of time with them. She has a very sweet boyfriend that is really good to her. She knows where she wants to go to college, what she wants to study, how many kids she’d like to have someday. We regularly talk about the future. She hasn’t been acting weird or upset. I am absolutely stunned. I had no clue she was hurting so badly and I have absolutely no idea how to handle this.

I don’t know if I should tell her I saw the notes. I don’t know if I should talk to her about her feelings and if I could even do so without her knowing I must’ve stumbled upon her notes. I don’t know who to reach out to for help. I love her so much and I feel like a horrible failure of a mom that I didn’t realize this was something she was going through. I wish she hadn’t been dealing with it alone. Please, what do I do?

Hello! 25F 5’7” unsure of weight post surgery but pre surgery 240. Currently taking spironolactone. Anywho, I’m trying to find out more information on lymphatic cysts in the abdomen.

For backstory, a large 21cm cyst was found incidentally on an US back in late April. Had an MRI within a week and they could tell it was a fairly simple cyst - no sign of cancer. Original diagnosis was a large ovarian cyst. Initially had surgery with OBGYN but while in surgery, she got weirded out with how it was attached to other structures, especially my sigmoid colon. General surgeon was called in and they said it was a duplication cyst. They put me back together and kept the cyst in. I underwent a CT within triple contrast - yay me. Then a colonoscopy - also yay me. CT didn’t give us really anything we didn’t already know apart from it seemed attached to parts of the small bowel in addition to the sigmoid colon. Colonoscopy was super clean, no polyps even. So no attachment inside the colon.

Then I go to general oncology surgery and he reassures me I’m not there for cancer, he just sees the weird stuff nobody wants to touch. He’s back to an ovarian cyst diagnosis and refers me to OBGYN oncology the plan is to have both of them there. OBGYN onc also agrees with the ovarian cyst but they’re leaving the duplication cyst open as a possibility. And while scheduling surgery they decided they wanted colorectal surgeon around just in case but it was unlikely they would be needed.

Today was the day. I go in for surgery and they finally see it in person. OBGYN recognized this is definitely a general surgery case, however, I opted for a bilateral salpingectomy so he took care of that. OBGYN also popped it and suctioned the fluid. General surgery came in and took care of the removal. I’ve added some (what I hope/think” are some key parts of the op note from general surgery.

“The cyst walls appeared dense adhered to the sigmoid mesentery and retroperitoneum.”
“After further dissection, it was clear the mass was not emanating from the sigmoid mesocolon and in fact could be completely separated.”
“We never encountered any nerve structures. As this dissection proceed superior to inferior, the left ovary was identified and separated away from the cyst. Since the cyst was retroperitoneal and the ovary was intraperitoneal, it was fortunately possible to separate the two sharply and preserve the left ovary. Eventually, the remainder of the cyst was separated from its retroperitoneal attachments which completely freed it.”

MY QUESTIONS/NEED HELP WITH (I’m so sorry this is so long but I figured the context would be useful.)

My partner got the call while/after I was in surgery and the general surgeon believes I had a lymphatic cyst (lymphangioma?) since it wasn’t formally connected to anything. Per what my partner was told, the general oncology surgeon has only seen 3 in his career. Again this is the doctor who everyone sends the weird cases to. We are still awaiting pathology for the official word. I can’t find much about these cysts online and when I do it’s for peds cases and usually in the neck. Does anyone have any more information on them? I heard they’re congenital but that’s all I can really find. Thank you so much in advance!

My son is 10, roughly 5+/- ft 97 lbs

My son has been a medical mystery since utero.

I swear everything I'm going to state seems relevant, even if it seems random until the end, so hang in there with me.

Since he was about 4, he would wake me up crying telling me his hips hurt. We would give him meds but they never seemed to do much. We went to the doctor, they ran a test that came back with concerning numbers, but re ran them and they came back ok. They said his cells indicated he was fighting something, which might have accounted for his hip pain, but the pain was now gone and his levels were normal again. Sent us home, no big deal.

The hip pain continued forever. We tried everything. We went to Ortho, we went to rheumatology, no one found anything. It was awful. At one point he had to stop trick or treat and I had to run home to get the car and drive him home while he cried because the pain was so bad.

Finally I found another rheumatologist who figured out his legs were 2 different lengths and he has EDS. We put a riser in his shoe, hip pain stopped. No complaints since.

Rheumatology also said since often his pain accompanies a virus, we should run his levels next time he's sick to see whats what. Unfortunately, we had to run blood for something else, and they accidentally ran the orders from rheumatology too, so those orders were no longer in the system... (This matters in a second)

Then we start with *leg* pain. Not just pain, but numbness. He would say his legs hurt all the time, and then one day he says they don't hurt anymore, now they're just numb. All the time. Back we go through rheumatology, Ortho, and this time even neurology. No one can figure out why this kid can't feel his legs. One day I took him out for a fancy dinner of his favorite, Chicken Alfredo, and after he says "mom, my legs just died. I don't feel *anything*. He's limping because he doesn't feel anything. A little while later he tells me the feeling suddenly came back out of no where, but now his hands are tingly. So I call the doctor and start googling. I discover some people get reactions like this from gluten and dairy. Thus begins our journey into Celiac diagnosis. He has pretty serious silent celiac. Never a stomach issue, but a nerve issue. They said they don't know why, but it occasionally happens.

He's been gluten free since February.

The the of March, my kids get a *really* bad case of Flu B. And I mean bad. My daughter got it worse and it turned to pneumonia (which caused her hair to fall out a few months later). My son, never got as sick as she did, but what he did get was .. you guessed it- leg pain. A lot of it. I get that the flu comes with body aches, so that isn't unexpected. It passed, he was fine. 2 weeks after he recovered, they had a race at school. After all the kids run by, a woman I don't know comes and tells me my son is laying on the ground behind the start line, screaming in pain. I run over and it's so bad I can't even touch him. If I touch his skin, he screams. His legs are completely locked up like Charley horses, only not Charley horses. Both legs. We had my husband pick him up gently, put him in the car and went to the hospital. On the way to the hospital, he would go from fine and talking to suddenly grabbing his legs and screaming- they were spasming I think. By the time we got to the hospital, the whole thing has passed. Lasted for roughly 30 minutes start to finish. ED found nothing. No explanation.

The only problems we've had since then, is occasionally if he gets accidentally glutened he will get leg pain for a few days. Sometimes more painful than others, but it's the same pain so he knows that happened to cause it.

Currently both kids have what I believe is the flu again (a whooping 8 days into the school year!). My daughter is recovering quickly and was only mildly sick. My son... Is sicker than she was, sore throat, stuffy, generally miserable. He has leg pain but I chock it up to flu aches. Then . Today happens. He keeps getting what I'm referring to a "lightening bolts" through his legs. Knee down to ankle. He's fine, then suddenly grabbing his legs and screaming- then back to fine. His hips also hurt enough that he cried. I called the doctor and told them ibuprofen is not helping at all, what should I do? I also called rheumatology and asked if I should go do a blood draw since he's sick and having the same problems, and *they said no.* I don't get it.

I don't know what to do. My kid is suffering constantly. He's in pain more than he's not! I understand if it's just that he got glutened. It happens occasionally. That's ok. But that's not what this is. This is something else entirely and i feel like we're constantly being brushed off by every doctor. They played pass the patient until *I* figured out he was celiac. They kept telling me nothing was wrong when his hips were not letting him sleep. Now I've got a kid whose legs keep spasming and he can't walk and I'm being told just to throw ibuprofen at the problem (and it doesn't even help!).

Can anyone think of what it might be? What can I ask for? What can I look for? How can I better advocate for him just shy of refusing to leave a medical office until they figure it out or I'm forcibly removed? I can't stand watching him suffer constantly.

62M - FNA shows metastatic carcinoma in left cervical lymph node - trying to understand what this means

Hi everyone,
I’m posting on behalf of a 62-year-old male family member. We recently received an ultrasound neck report followed by an FNA of a left lower cervical lymph node.
I’m aware that a tissue biopsy and further investigations are required, and we’re following up with the doctors. At this stage, we’re mainly trying to understand the reports and what this finding could mean.
USG NECK
Indication: Left cervical adenitis
Findings:
Thyroid is located in normal position in the lower neck
Both lobes of thyroid appear normal in size and echotexture
Neck vessels normal on both sides.
Both submandibular glands appear normal. Both parotid glands appear normal.
Left deep cervical level 3 and 4 and supraclavicular region shows multiple lynph nodes of varying sizes, largest measuring - 26 x 19mm with some showing loss of central fatty hilum.
Impression:
Left deep cervical and supraclavicular lymphadenopathy as described - for clinical correlation

FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY
Site:
Left lower cervical node
Microscopy:
Smears studied show cohesive and dyshesive clusters and few singly scattered malignant epithelial cells. Few papilloid clusters are also seen. The cells have moderate cytoplasm with nuclie showing moderate pleomorphism.
Prominent nuclieoli is noted in few cells. Cytoplasmic vacuoles are seen in some cells. Background shows lymphocytes and necrotic material.
Impression:
Features are suggestive of metastatic carcinomatous deposit.
Kindly correlate with clinical and radiological findings.
Suggested tissue biopsy to rule out / confirm the possibility of primary adenocarcinoma.

My main question is:
Based on the FNA report, does this essentially mean that cancerous cells have been identified in the lymph node, and that the upcoming biopsy is mainly to confirm/characterise the cancer, determine the exact type (e.g. adenocarcinoma), identify where the primary cancer originated, and establish the extent of spread?
The biopsy results are expected in approximately one week, so we’re trying to understand what the current report is actually telling us while we wait.

I’m writing this because I honestly don’t know what to think anymore, and I’m hoping someone here may have experienced something similar.

At the end of May, my father suddenly told me that he was extremely cold. He immediately went to bed, and shortly afterwards he started shaking violently. I had never seen anything like it before. He suddenly became so weak that he couldn’t even get out of bed. His oxygen saturation also started dropping, so I called an ambulance.

He was taken to the hospital very quickly. He was able to contact me from the hospital because I had given him his phone. They started doing tests, but at some point he stopped breathing. They discovered that he had a pulmonary embolism. He was immediately transferred to the ICU and put into a medically induced coma. He stayed there for about 10 days, but thankfully he recovered enough to come out of it.

During all of this, further tests revealed something else: kidney cancer with metastases to the lungs.

After about 2.5 weeks in the hospital, he was discharged and came home. He was recovering surprisingly well. However, about two weeks later, the exact same thing happened again — severe shaking, feeling extremely cold and a drop in oxygen saturation. He was taken back to the hospital, and this time they diagnosed urosepsis. Fortunately, he recovered relatively quickly and was back home after around 10 days.

At the same time, he had an appointment scheduled with an oncologist about a month and a half later. While waiting, he was recovering at home and actually started getting much better. He was walking again and was able to do quite a lot of things by himself.

The main thing bothering him was terrible back pain. He also started eating less because, according to him, everything had started tasting bitter.

Eventually, we had the first oncology appointment and he was given another appointment for a biopsy. We were hoping that this would finally allow treatment to start.

But about a week ago, just three days before the scheduled biopsy, he had another episode. His oxygen saturation dropped again and he started shaking violently. This time he was taken to a different hospital.

They diagnosed another pulmonary embolism, as well as Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia.

While he was at home, he had also been having recurrent urinary tract infections, although about three weeks ago his tests showed that there was no longer an infection, so it seemed like things were improving significantly.

He is now in the ICU again, but thankfully he is not in a coma this time and is responding well to treatment.

We are still trying to arrange for them to perform the biopsy while he is in this hospital, because otherwise we keep getting stuck in this horrible cycle. The doctors say that the tumor in his kidney is likely contributing to the recurring embolisms, but without the biopsy it is difficult to move forward with oncology treatment.

And now something happened again today that really scared me.

This morning I spoke to him on the phone and he sounded good. But during visiting hours, the same thing happened again. He suddenly started shaking violently, complained that he was very cold, and his oxygen saturation started dropping again.

The doctor told us that the shaking is caused by the infection.

Has anyone here experienced something similar?

I’m particularly wondering about this very strange pattern: oxygen saturation starts dropping, the person becomes somewhat less responsive, then feels extremely cold, falls asleep or lies down, and suddenly starts shaking violently.

I understand that infections can cause chills and rigors, but seeing these episodes repeatedly is terrifying, especially because the first time it happened he ended up in respiratory arrest and was diagnosed with a pulmonary embolism.

I’m really afraid that he will eventually be discharged again, we will take him home, and the exact same thing will happen all over again.

At the same time, he urgently needs to start cancer treatment, but we seem to be stuck in a vicious circle — infections, embolisms, hospitalizations, waiting for a biopsy, and then another episode before we can even get to the next step.

Has anyone with kidney cancer/metastatic cancer, pulmonary embolisms or severe infections experienced episodes of violent shaking/rigors together with a drop in oxygen saturation like this? What was the cause in your case?

My friends in Syria are wanting a little more explanation regarding the latest results for the child. To me it looks like the results are saying that he is in remission? But I don’t want to tell them that unless I’m sure. He has started chemotherapy about two months ago and is feeling better so far.

I really appreciate any help I can get and I’ll provide any more info needed.

When i go to sleep and im very relaxed and thinking and just chilling sometimes i feel like everything around me is so fucking far away, like 0.4x wide angle camera and very far stuff combined, then after a bit i hear people in my head scream instead of normal talking, and i feel floaty

I also sometimes happens when im awake.
Im under 18, 180~cm male, im not on any meds

a few years ago i attempted suicide by taking a handful of amitriptyline. my bf at the time immediately called the ambulance, and i don’t remember anything after getting out of the ambulance at the hospital. from what i was told, i was fighting nurses (mind you i don’t fight people, ever. i am a very compliant person typically) and from what i was told once again, i “died” twice. my heart stopped. i was in a coma for about 4 days.
it’s been a few years and i find since then, my memory is awful. i find myself forgetting where i put things that i just had, i lose my phone constantly, my glasses, everything. i can’t remember anything anymore. i used to have such a sharp memory but since then it’s been awful.
what are the other possible after-effects of an
amitriptyline overdose? thank you in advance.

Hi everybody. I’m coming to Reddit today to speak amongst us as peers as I’m desperately seeking help for my 54 year old mom. To start off I will say I am 26F and was diagnosed for ankylosing spondylitis by a rheumatologist in Toronto Ontario (the big city for us northerners) in 2023 after three years of pain. I carry the HLA B27 gene.
Now onto my mom:

My mom started having issues at the same age as me at 23 ish. She excused it as sciatica for many many years. She suffered but was tough, she had two kids and made it work. My whole childhood she could not sit on the floor with us and play or carry us, she also spend a lot of time sleeping and laying on the couch in the dark with sunglasses on as her eyes are sensitive. Over the years she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and arthritis and sciatica.

She spent her childhood roller blading which caused her to have worse knees that the average person. She’s being told she has zero meniscus in both knees. And her arthritis could be about 35 years old at this point.

She has had surgery before for a herniated disc and was told she would be better after. After her surgery she was okay for a year but still had pain.

She now to date has been suffering for the last three to four months is what I assume is the worst episode of her life for example these are the things she has told me that is going on with her:
\-Her knees are so swollen she can’t stand for long periods
\- on X-ray she has a herniated disc in her back w a bulge
\-in neck she has a herniated disc with spurs
\-has bursitis in her shoulders
\-no meniscus both knees
\-both her legs are numb and cannot flex or point her toes
\-Edema
\-feels like there is no jelly between joints and they’re rubbing bone on bone
\-extreme stiffness all over
\-extremely sensitive eyes
\-inflammation everywhere
\-cannot move or squeeze hands to a fist (going to see a nerve specialist next month about a possible pinch in the neck causing her numb arm and limited hand movement.

However… apparently she has no fusing in her spine and she does not have the specified blood gene.

Now as you can imagine what happens with all of this
\-no muscle at this point anywhere as she has been couch ridden or cannot get up to do physical activity.
\- can’t open anything with hands(limits cooking, cleaning, bathroom breaks, getting dressed much more)
\-getting out of bed is impossible
\-fell in bathtub and needed to call someone to the house for help
\-not making it to the bathroom sometimes

She has seen a rheumatologist in our small northern city for ankylosing spondylitis who full on sat down layed back in the chair and all he said to her was “you are discharged from my clinic you do not have the gene so you’re not positive for AS. “ and she responded that it’s so odd because her and her daughter have the same symptoms and I have it. He straight us said “you’re daughter has it but you don’t” and they sent her away. I want to get her sent to the rheumatologist in Toronto who I saw because they were so nice they spent over an hour with me and right from that appointment they sent me to get blood work done and X-rays in the same building right then and there. (If you live north you know that’s something that never happens)

but I just want her to get the best care and with all of her issues going on I just need her to get some answers. Can anyone give me any hopeful advice or share something similar that they or someone they know has gone through? Not only is this extremely hard for her and she has 0 quality of life right now, her family and support system is fed up with no answers or treatment plan, random medications thrown her way. They now want to send her to a pain management clinic and I just feel like everywhere she goes she is being tossed to the next guy and I am pleading for help for her. If you’ve taken time to read my whole post I really appreciate it and thank you for any possible input this may get, good or bad.

My wife is 35, 5'7" and 170 pounds. She has a colonoscopy tomorrow (for blood clots in her stool, abdominal pain that's been going on for a couple of years). While she was taking a bath, she projectile vomited dark puke into the bathtub. She doesn't want to go to the ER because she just took sutab and has also been waiting 6 months for this colonoscopy.

Does this look like hematemesis to anyone, or am I panicking over nothing? My wife apologizes about the sort of gross picture.

Here's a link:

https://imgur.com/a/WOH5jNK

(28f) I smoke weed and drink, this thing developed over a couple of days and has chilled w me ever since. At first it was very irritating and triggered my gag reflex but I have grown accustomed to it. Most of the time I can forget its there but occasionally I get very worried about it. Lowkey considering cutting it off w a razorblade. I live in the US and dont have insurance or a primary care physician.

F57, weight 230lbs. This is one of my closest family member & was wondering to get a couple set of eyes to look into this, as you see there is a droop right there with a bunch of lumps, she has this unknown bump in her skin and it’s very questionable to the both of us, we checked a couple of breast exams, they say nothing is wrong but she has been in pain since mid to late May of this year, her back being hurt is also apart of the problem which I believe was possibly caused by an accident from early Dec 2025 the lumps are also on her other side of her bulge, her armpit on this side also have a long vein from her pits going up to her forearm as well, she mentions that it never been there before, it could also be a glucose situation for her because she does have diabetes but i doubt it’s the main thing causing her body such way. Again, looking for some thoughts into this and anything is helpful.

If you don’t remember my post about a month ago, please check out my profile. Here is my update in case anyone has some new ideas for me with this updated info.

I saw ID and they did further lyme tests that were all negative. I saw rheumatology, who did a massive blood panel that didn’t find much. Some minor out of range inflammation markers and a positive RA antibody. I saw the eye doc, who said I have bilateral papilledema but we already know my ICP was high at an opening LP pressure of 28. I’ve made no further progress on my facial paralysis or right side body numbness getting better. Three days ago I developed a new symptom of severe positional occipital migraines. Literally feels like I’m being stabbed in the back of the brain every time I go from laying to sitting or sitting to standing, turn my head too fast, or my heart rate goes up quickly. It lasts for 10-15 seconds and I lose my sight, hearing, feel like I’m gonna vomit, etc and then I’m fine as fast as I wasn’t. Went to the ER last night as migraine was on the list to return for and they did another CT. Looks like I did have a stroke at some point but idk if it was 5 weeks ago when I had the original onset of my neurological symptoms or since then. None of the imaging from July shows as such. My CT last night w/o contrast showed an old left basal ganglia lacunar infarct. My basic bloodwork was normal other than dehydrated, minor elevated relative and absolute monocytes, and minor low potassium. I did manage to get my neurology appt moved up from February next year to 17 days from now. They also put in for me to get another LP to see if my ICP is still high and could be what’s causing my occipital migraine. I truly don’t know what to think about all this. This new development doesn’t explain the new symptoms. Same pic included to maybe help connect who I am.

Edit to add two more symptoms I forgot about: life impacting pain and stiffness in my right hand - mostly in my finger joints. Rheum said “yeah nerve pain is fickle sometimes”. And losing COPIOUS amounts of hour. I’m talking it’s shedding alll dayyyy long and the whole shower wall is covered.