700+ days sick

HEALTH PHOTO-TIMELINE

2010

April 2010 - Started an exercise routine. Injured myself in the groin area lifting free weights. Diagnosed with bacterial prostatitis. Rx'd antibiotics (Bactrim, Levaquin, etc)

June 2010 - Diagnosed chronic prostatitis/pelvic musculature disorder.

October 2010 - See picture.
 
Me in October pic, Weight = ~195

January 2011 - Accompanied my dad to Vail, CO to help him with a surgery. Got a bad flu illness in Vail. Returned home, reduced anxiety medication. Started throwing up undigested pizza. Chronic GI problems begin after Vail flu. Updosed anxiety medication.

Feb - March 2011 - Bloating, Unwanted weight loss, collapse from postural hypotension. Fatigue, weakness, sun intolerance. Trouble digesting food. LPR/Reflux. Bloodshot eyes and diminished vision.

May 2011 Pic, weight = 165

 

Summer 2011: Ongoing difficulty with digestion, etc.

December 2011: Bone pain in hips and elbows as well as numbness in fingers. More frequent baths in moldy tub. See my doctor, no diagnosis.

January 2012:Started detox bath program, taking daily, lengthy baths in moldy tub.

Febuary 2012: In bath tub overcome with weakness, burning in sex organs. Passed out. Morning body temperature 95.9 - 97. Weak/disoriented.

(cont) Frequent urination, bubbly. Low back pain, abdominal pain. Screened for STDs. All UTI/STD negative.

March 2012:Worsening fatigue, disorientation, loss of appetite. Lost almost 20 lbs in March. Headache. On going trouble with food, digesting, numbness in extremities.

April 2012: Notice testicile reduction in size. Blood in ejaculate. Pain in testes. Visit urologist, dismissed w/ normal testosterone. Sugars/carbs causing hyperglycemia, same gluten. Food intolerances, severe.

May 2012 Pic, weight: 157

June 2012: Testicular pain, memory problems, hands swelling, veins in arms pronounced and painful. Veins of penis constricted/hard. ER trip due to decreased urinary outflow, pain in hands and veins. low bp (cont), low temp (cont). Eliminate gluten, sugar, dairy.

July: Worsening of June, especially memory and food intolerance. Screened for chronic viral infections/STD again: HepB, HepC, HIV, EBV ... negative. Hep/HIV DNA PCR as well as Abs.

August: Mold found. Left home. Lab returns unexpected high mercury load (Doctors Data Urine).

September: Moved to Maine. Beard growth vastly diminished.

December 2012: Weight 158. Vascular pain/swelling in blood vessels of arms, hands and sex organs. Muscular pain/deterioration in shoulders, upper arms, & thighs.Worsening vision. Numbness/tingling of extremities, lower legs mostly. Cont'd low body temp.

I've gained 5 lbs from low but gaining as belly fat. I never got better, really, from the illness that began in Vail, CO in early 2011. I got much worse in Feb/Mar of 2012. After leaving moldy house in August, I am still symptomatic.

Thank you for looking at this illustrated timeline.