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Posted by
Cherrie
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22 April 2009
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Sigh. Off all meds as of yesterday. The lymph lumps have become softer but still haven't disappeared 
. And I've become a lil bit of C than D -- wouldn't complain about the solid BM's if it's not for the pain, always worse when BM's are solid/C-ish... Still multiple BM's, so no luck there reducing the number...
After a search on google, I think now I understand why my dr. was suggesting an ear-nose-throat specialist if the antibiotics and antiviral combined doesn't work... And to my great surprise, I realized after reading all that info that having blood in the nasal mucus every single day is not normal -- it's been like this for me for years and I thought it was normal and that everybody was like this -- I even told my dr. that my nose felt fine and there's nothing out of the ordinary, because I didn't know! It's a bit surprising to discover that it actually isn't... And then I asked Hubby who has a nose problem and always sneezes, blows his nose, and clears his throat and he said, "no, I don't have a trace of blood from there!" ... I mean, whoa, hopefully it won't be like what my dr. was thinking!
Call him now? I'm not sure -- last time after seeing him, an appt. was scheduled early next month... so is it really necessary to call him up with my new "realization"??? I don't know... Is it really necessary? Or am I just being hypochondriacal? I really don't know!
. And I've become a lil bit of C than D -- wouldn't complain about the solid BM's if it's not for the pain, always worse when BM's are solid/C-ish... Still multiple BM's, so no luck there reducing the number...After a search on google, I think now I understand why my dr. was suggesting an ear-nose-throat specialist if the antibiotics and antiviral combined doesn't work... And to my great surprise, I realized after reading all that info that having blood in the nasal mucus every single day is not normal -- it's been like this for me for years and I thought it was normal and that everybody was like this -- I even told my dr. that my nose felt fine and there's nothing out of the ordinary, because I didn't know! It's a bit surprising to discover that it actually isn't... And then I asked Hubby who has a nose problem and always sneezes, blows his nose, and clears his throat and he said, "no, I don't have a trace of blood from there!" ... I mean, whoa, hopefully it won't be like what my dr. was thinking!
Call him now? I'm not sure -- last time after seeing him, an appt. was scheduled early next month... so is it really necessary to call him up with my new "realization"??? I don't know... Is it really necessary? Or am I just being hypochondriacal? I really don't know!
So sorry to hear that the meds haven't helped ... though, perhaps to help put your mind at ease, I have had cases where I've gone through the entire course of antibiotics only to have my primary symptoms go away a week to two after stopping the treatment. Evidently they "continue to work" or something.
As far as the blood in the mucus; I know that I have that, too, on occassion, but certainly not everyday. Then again, I had a deviated septum corrected about 5 months ago, so I just chalked it up to that (when it's happened recently). I really don't know - however - what it means if it does happen everyday. I'm sure there are a ton of reasons besides the obvious, worst-case scenario, though. Still, as you know, seeing an ENT to run the appropriate tests would obviously be a good idea at this point.
Best of luck.