I remember it all as if it was yesterday. I woke up one morning with a bump in my groin, not sure what it was. I went to the doctor and one said it was an ingrown hair and would resolve itself, another told me it was nothing and it was not anything to worry about. A few days later it grew bigger and became painful. I hated going to the doctor more than anything. After seeing all sorts of medical professionals and being told I just had to live with it. That was not the answer I wanted to hear. I was fourteen years old that had clothing restrictions. No tight clothes and breathable material. That is not an easy task in high school when all I was worried about is how I looked. Almost a year later, I found one individual that has changed my life completely. Her name is Monica Dziesinski, PA-C. She believed me that something was wrong. It was something that needed to be treated. She did not like the fact that previous doctors told me I had to just live with it. She reassured me that she stood behind me and would find all the help I needed to get a solution for this. She was not familiar to this condition so she referred me to surgeons and an OB GYN whom later sent me down to the University of Michigan Hospital. I was then diagnosed with Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). There the doctors found a solution that I still use to this day to help control the lumps and pus drainage. …show more content…
Hidradentisis suppurativa (HS) is a skin condition that has lumps filled with pus.
These lumps can be painful and drain. HS common in areas where skin rubs together. It could also last as short as a few years or up to a
lifetime. Monica is great at her job. She is very passionate and is always someone I could rely on. She made my connection with her feel important and that she cared about me as a patient. After watching her work at her job and seeing how much she loves it, it influenced me to have an educational goal of becoming a Physician Assistant just like her. I hope to be able to create the same type of relationships with my future patients and be as confident as she is with her job. I have job shadowed her for a few years now and she is always encouraging me to try new things. Monica gets me into different rooms to see different cases and patients. I got to watch cortisone injections be put into joints, stitches being put in and taken out, ear infections so bad that there was pus oozing out of the child’s ear, and so much more.
These recurrent nodules and abscesses not only cause pain, but self-consciousness, social isolation and even depression. Other less common complications include severe infections, restricted movement caused by a buildup of fibrosis and a type of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma.
Noticing a lump in the penis can be a frightening experience. Men are often concerned that they have developed a cancer. Cancer within the penile shaft is very rare indeed, while Peyronie's disease is by far the most common cause of such lumps. If you find a lump, it is important to seek prompt medical advice, but you should not be too fearful that a serious cause will be found
may last one to three weeks. In many cases new clusters of blisters appear as
Irritating products: These preparations often contain ingredients, such as salicylic acid or potassium hydroxide,that help dissolve the lesion over time. Others may cause a blister to form under the bump, lifting it off your skin.
Mrs. Kelly is a 42-year-old female here today complaining of a lump in her left armpit.
It’s a “nonlesion” syndrome , exhibit no clinically detectable lesions, although symptoms of pain and burning can be intense. This is particularly frustrating problem for both patient and clinician, because there is usually no clear cut cause and no uniformly successful treatment is present.
The sweat was dripping down my face as I pushed the weights off my chest. Everyone ran towards their bags after a student said there was a gun in school. Twitter was the first source that we checked just to make sure. Boom! The door slammed open as coach Ben yells “Hurry up and get out”. My heart started beating faster and faster. We didn’t know what was going on. As we were running to the gym everyone was panicking and pushing each other. I could feel the burn on my elbow but I didn’t know what it was. When we got to the gym my elbow was covered in blood. We were told to get down and stay quiet. Later on we were told a student brought a gun to school and was planning on committing suicide. That was one of many gun incidents at my high school.
When I think about the moments leading up to my diagnosis I remember feeling weak, confused, shaky and sleepy. I did not notice that I had began sleeping throughout the day. My body was craving soft drinks like soda and juice but not food. Days would go by and I eventually fell into a deep slumber that I found myself only waking up from to use the bathroom. I knew something was wrong and that if I did not get to a hospital it would get worse. Nothing could have prepared me for the life changing diagnosis I would receive.
demanding, recurring cycle for four years and need help desperately but you are terrified to ask
One fateful day at the end of June in 1998 when I was spending some time at home; my mother came to me with the bad news: my parent's best friend, Tommy, had been diagnosed with brain cancer. He had been sick for some time and we all had anxiously been awaiting a prognosis. But none of us were ready for the bumpy roads that lay ahead: testing, surgery, chemotherapy, nausea, headaches, and fatigue. Even loud music would induce vomiting. He just felt all around lousy.
good doctor would, he ruled out any similar diseases that may be affecting me. It took us quite a while
When I finally made it to a doctor, I was told the lump was unlikely to be cancer, but needed to be looked at nonetheless. My doctor reassured me that an "incisional biopsy" could be performed on an outpatient basis and that I would be able to return home that same day. I had the biopsy on a Friday and as I was recovering, still in a daze from the pain medication, I couldn't help but notice my doctor's furrowed brows as he asked me to return on Monday to go over the results. He went on to explain that I actually had two tumors, one masking the other. I was now faced with a double-threat, if you will, to my 4...
When the end of my 5th grade year had hit; A land mark of the most traumatizing event of my life was about to take place. My mom had left my father and took us along with her. Over the summer and a few addit...
Have you ever felt the pain of staples pounding into your head? I have and let me you how because I’m sure you want to know. It was an was an early morning I almost six years old, me and my older sister Jacey were going to go with me mom to work, to help her get ready for the school year. I was so happy and I don’t know why because it meant going to school.
It was Friday morning and I was in the 5th grade at the time. My father decided to pull both me and my brother out of school. My mother wasn’t home. She had already gone up to the hospital with my grandmother.