Adenoids grew back, getting removed. WILL IT BE MY CURE *** updates soon
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2018 11:09 pm
31 yr old female
4 years bad breath
Woke up one morning with a strange feeling like something was stuck in the my throat. This sensation has never subsided and is still with me today. Initially I thought it could be an std bc I had recently had oral sex, saw gyno,swapped for std in mouth,negative. Dentisit,perfect oral hygiene ,no cavities,little plague. I floss and brush all that good stuff. Not a dental issue which I believe a majority of bad breath people may just not floss enough. Then went to ENT had a camera put through nose in the office and doctor said everything looked great but maybe there was a small polyp which he said wouldn't cause bad breath or feeling in throat. Put me on nasal steroids and antihistamines spray. Did nothing to relieve bb or throat sensation. Went to GI said I had acid reflux put me on PPI,pantoprozole, this gave me heartburn which was something I never experienced. Had EGD found ulcers and small hiatal hernia. Diagnosed me with GERD. h pylori negative. Again prescribed PPI omeprazole, said different ppi affect people differently. Omeprazole did not give me heartburn. I didn't feel any improvement for my symptoms. I have never believed that I have gerd or acid reflux. I believe the ulcers are stress related bc I literally spend everyday stressing about my breath and what it could be.Social anxiety, depressed because I haven't been in a physical relationship in years. Anyways fast forward a year I had another egd, same findings, put on H2blockers this time. Which I thought maybe they could work because I do have allergies but nothing. Saw another ENT had ct sinus scan,findings were normal per the radiologist and doctor. had allergy test, hayfever,cat and dog allergies,mold, lots of allergies. Told I should consider getting allergy shots. Still considering. Through all of this I am doing my own research,reading all your post and such. I came across tonsil stones which to me matches my syptoms perfect, sulfur rotten egg smell,feeling in throat... only one problem I had my tonsils and adenoids taken out when I was 7 and I could definitely see that my tonsils did not grow back trust me I've spent hours looking in my magnifying mirror checking my mouth. Then I read adenoids can get stones too so I thought maybe my adenoids grew back but how could I know. Well luckily I work at the hospital and I got my ct scan at my work so while at work I decided to look at my scans. I have no idea how to read radiology scans so I researched and researched and looked and studied. Well I noticed it definitely looks like I had adenoids which I should not since I had them removed. HOW COULD A DOCTOR MISS THIS IT WAS CLEAR AS DAY. Scheduled myself an appt with my hospitals ENT. Saw him told him I looked at my CT and I think I found something but I can't be sure bc I am no doctor or radiology tech but they look like adenoids to me or some kind of mass. So he takes a look at scans comes in and tells me, you are right there is definitely something there. Then takes the camera and looks down my nose and throat and wouldn't you know he finds an enlarged adenoid. Apparently regrowths of adenoids can appear to be benign but sometimes this can mean much more, lymphoma, cyst, etc. So he recommends I have a adenoidectomy to test the whole tissue instead of just taking a small biopsy which won't give u the full tissue results. Which brings us to current day. Today I found the mass in my own ct scan by myself with no education or expertise just pure determination to find the root of cause and good old fashion Google surfing. Brought it to the doctor's attention and scheduled my surgery for next week. It goes to show ya that most doctors really don't give a shit, they won't dive deeper and get determined to find your cure. They just go off the textbook of whatever they learned and this is why many disease or cancers go undiagnosed. Anyways he is calling me tomorrow with a date for surgery next week. I don't know if this is the root of my problem or if it will cure me but I have a good feeling. If it does turn out to be cancer or a cyst and removing it cures my bad breath and all other syptoms then I am writing all those doctors to let them know that they failed me and that I'm sure I am not the only one, u lazy shits. Anywho I will keep you all posted on my results whether it works or not.
Never give up and take matters into your own hands.Never rely on only one doctors opinon just because they are in the field doesnt mean they are truly passionate about finding your cure. In the end it's up to you to speak up and demand certain test or demand a doctor recheck a scan. Most doctors overbook themselves they have so many patients they don't have time to give anyone special attention. the more patients the more money.
4 years bad breath
Woke up one morning with a strange feeling like something was stuck in the my throat. This sensation has never subsided and is still with me today. Initially I thought it could be an std bc I had recently had oral sex, saw gyno,swapped for std in mouth,negative. Dentisit,perfect oral hygiene ,no cavities,little plague. I floss and brush all that good stuff. Not a dental issue which I believe a majority of bad breath people may just not floss enough. Then went to ENT had a camera put through nose in the office and doctor said everything looked great but maybe there was a small polyp which he said wouldn't cause bad breath or feeling in throat. Put me on nasal steroids and antihistamines spray. Did nothing to relieve bb or throat sensation. Went to GI said I had acid reflux put me on PPI,pantoprozole, this gave me heartburn which was something I never experienced. Had EGD found ulcers and small hiatal hernia. Diagnosed me with GERD. h pylori negative. Again prescribed PPI omeprazole, said different ppi affect people differently. Omeprazole did not give me heartburn. I didn't feel any improvement for my symptoms. I have never believed that I have gerd or acid reflux. I believe the ulcers are stress related bc I literally spend everyday stressing about my breath and what it could be.Social anxiety, depressed because I haven't been in a physical relationship in years. Anyways fast forward a year I had another egd, same findings, put on H2blockers this time. Which I thought maybe they could work because I do have allergies but nothing. Saw another ENT had ct sinus scan,findings were normal per the radiologist and doctor. had allergy test, hayfever,cat and dog allergies,mold, lots of allergies. Told I should consider getting allergy shots. Still considering. Through all of this I am doing my own research,reading all your post and such. I came across tonsil stones which to me matches my syptoms perfect, sulfur rotten egg smell,feeling in throat... only one problem I had my tonsils and adenoids taken out when I was 7 and I could definitely see that my tonsils did not grow back trust me I've spent hours looking in my magnifying mirror checking my mouth. Then I read adenoids can get stones too so I thought maybe my adenoids grew back but how could I know. Well luckily I work at the hospital and I got my ct scan at my work so while at work I decided to look at my scans. I have no idea how to read radiology scans so I researched and researched and looked and studied. Well I noticed it definitely looks like I had adenoids which I should not since I had them removed. HOW COULD A DOCTOR MISS THIS IT WAS CLEAR AS DAY. Scheduled myself an appt with my hospitals ENT. Saw him told him I looked at my CT and I think I found something but I can't be sure bc I am no doctor or radiology tech but they look like adenoids to me or some kind of mass. So he takes a look at scans comes in and tells me, you are right there is definitely something there. Then takes the camera and looks down my nose and throat and wouldn't you know he finds an enlarged adenoid. Apparently regrowths of adenoids can appear to be benign but sometimes this can mean much more, lymphoma, cyst, etc. So he recommends I have a adenoidectomy to test the whole tissue instead of just taking a small biopsy which won't give u the full tissue results. Which brings us to current day. Today I found the mass in my own ct scan by myself with no education or expertise just pure determination to find the root of cause and good old fashion Google surfing. Brought it to the doctor's attention and scheduled my surgery for next week. It goes to show ya that most doctors really don't give a shit, they won't dive deeper and get determined to find your cure. They just go off the textbook of whatever they learned and this is why many disease or cancers go undiagnosed. Anyways he is calling me tomorrow with a date for surgery next week. I don't know if this is the root of my problem or if it will cure me but I have a good feeling. If it does turn out to be cancer or a cyst and removing it cures my bad breath and all other syptoms then I am writing all those doctors to let them know that they failed me and that I'm sure I am not the only one, u lazy shits. Anywho I will keep you all posted on my results whether it works or not.
Never give up and take matters into your own hands.Never rely on only one doctors opinon just because they are in the field doesnt mean they are truly passionate about finding your cure. In the end it's up to you to speak up and demand certain test or demand a doctor recheck a scan. Most doctors overbook themselves they have so many patients they don't have time to give anyone special attention. the more patients the more money.