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Glandular swelling

I have glandular swelling around the face - sublingual, submaxillary, parotid, cheeks above eyeball, in front of ears, down right side of neck, right inguinal.

I had abdominal lymphoma in 2006, cured naturally, but the parotid swelling started during the lymphoma and never cleared when the lymphoma cleared.

I have chronic stomach discomfort...I don't digest food well. I have h pylori. I have a compulsion to overeat which has cleared a few times in the past with minerals, although I'm not sure which ones clear it as it comes back.

Thank you!!
 
  angelicam on 2015-08-12
This is just a forum. Assume posts are not from medical professionals.
Please email me a picture of your face/neck.
 
fitness 8 years ago
I haven't been able to attach a picture, it says it's too big. When looking at the picture what is noticable is the puffy eyelids and slight puffiness under. I have a hard gland swelling over my left jaw muscle (5 years) that is noticable but not extremely.
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Click on my username & email me
 
cch999 8 years ago
Hi cch999, thank you for getting back to me...when I click on your user name nothing happens...
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Please fill out a questionnaire as the information you have provided is insufficient to prescribe a remedy.
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
Hi, could you provide me with a questionnaire, I don't have one, thank you!
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Patient Name and Date of Birth:

1. What exactly happens?
2. Describe all sensations and pains. Each pain or sensation should be described in such a way that allows us to imagine having the same pain.
3. What causes the problem to get worse after it has started occurring?
4. What creates some relief for the problem?
5. What triggers the problem into occurring?
6. What time of the day or night does the problem occur?
7. When did the problem start? What was happening in your life at that time? Did some specific event or treatment take place just before the problem started?

Move from one problem to the next, and answer the above questions for each problem. IT IS VITAL THAT YOU GIVE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF YOUR HEALTH BY PROVIDING ALL PROBLEMS YOU HAVE, EVEN IF NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN ONE, AND EVEN IF YOU CONSIDER IT OF LESS IMPORTANCE.

As well as this, please describe any traumatic incidents that have taken place in your life. Discuss anything that has had a lasting impact on you mentally, emotionally or physically.

Discuss the way that you manage or deal with your problems, or any problems that occur in your life.

Discuss any patterns you have noticed in your behavior.

Discuss any part of your life where you feel stuck or unable to change and grow.

Describe your childhood and the kind of environment you grew up in, with reference to your relationships with your family, your school experiences, and any serious childhood diseases.

If your earlier discussions have not mentioned these already, please describe:

1. The specific foods that you crave (not just like) or hate
2. The specific drinks that you crave or hate
3. What your sleep is like
4. How the weather and the temperature affects you
5. What kinds of things in the environment you are particularly sensitive to
6. What your general level of energy is like
7. What your level of sexual energy or desire is like
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
Patient Name and Date of Birth:
Angelica Mark, Mar 20 1970

1. What exactly happens?
Parotid gland swelled on left side in Nov 2007, while I had lymphoma, after lymphoma cleared, swelling stayed. After birth of 2nd child, july 2010, swellings spread to L. jaw muscle, inside cheeks, under tongue, down right side of neck, above right eye (seen as a small crease/bump in my eyelid) and in my right inguinal lymph. They are all painless and static for many years. My eyes are puffy, sometimes badly, sometimes not.

2. Describe all sensations and pains. Each pain or sensation should be described in such a way that allows us to imagine having the same pain.
I have no pain in the swellings, my left jaw spasms with acid in my mouth– lemons etc. on occasion. My digestion in my STOMACH is bad. It feels like a heavy ball in there. If I don’t eat for 5 hrs and then eat if it’s after 9pm..I cannot digest even a piece of fruit or a carrot. Even if I take enzymes it helps only a little. When I wake my stomach feels horrible - breath is bad. My intestines feel fine, I have daily BM’s. My stomach always feels ‘off’. I have a compulsive urge to overeat although by anyones standards I don't eat a lot - my appetite is low and I eat regardless of hunger simply from strong urge. 3 times eating compulsion has cleared and is HEAVEN…urge totally gone. Once with NAET clearing lactose from the esophagus, once with taking colloidal minerals, once with NLP. All times last about 4-6 weeks then urge came back.
My esophagus feels constricted and tight…only notice when I think about it…at the front like I have a tight turtleneck on. Don’t like anything touching it.

3. What causes the problem to get worse after it has started occurring?
Has been static for 4 years…no changes.

4. What creates some relief for the problem?
Nothing

5. What triggers the problem into occurring?
Don’t know

6. What time of the day or night does the problem occur? always

7. When did the problem start? What was happening in your life at that time? Did some specific event or treatment take place just before the problem started?

Both problems – lymphoma and glands, started after the birth of my children. Both caesarian, both stressful, I had a HORRIBLE husband and marriage – he was very angry and stressful. My youngest had surgery after birth and didn’t sleep much for 8 months.

Move from one problem to the next, and answer the above questions for each problem. IT IS VITAL THAT YOU GIVE A COMPLETE PICTURE OF YOUR HEALTH BY PROVIDING ALL PROBLEMS YOU HAVE, EVEN IF NOT CONNECTED TO THE MAIN ONE, AND EVEN IF YOU CONSIDER IT OF LESS IMPORTANCE.

I have bad eyesight since a child. I have gland swellings around face and neck. My stomach hurts a lot, I have low appetite, I have compulsion to overeat, I crave chocolate for stress. I eat a healthy diet mostly – organic, no wheat, no grains, some raw cheese and dairy. My bowels are mostly loose, prone to constipation but I take magnesium to help. I don’t absorb calcium properly – calc carb helps my nails. Soft nails, teeth yellowish, tooth just broke. Nux vomica helps the eye puffiness. I get nausea quite often. I have chronic low energy most of my life, used to be severe fatigue. Sometimes I get terrible anxiety and chest pain, zinc seems to help. I don’t absorb minerals properly. I have sexual dysfunction – strong urge but feel numbness in the genital area, I can only orgasm with a vibrator. Sometimes I can hardly feel anything during sex, depends on the time of month. I sleep well, sometimes hard to fall asleep…very active mind. I am an introvert although I try to be outgoing…it exhausts me and I give up. I have hardly any friends, it requires too much energy. My mind is very active. My memory has become terrible , I lack focus and concentrate. I’m scatterbrained it seems. I feel very stressed about money mostly.

As well as this, please describe any traumatic incidents that have taken place in your life. Discuss anything that has had a lasting impact on you mentally, emotionally or physically.

My father was a ‘Arnold Swarzenneger” type angry man. Always yelling…I was terrified of him. I bit my nails until I was a teenager from stress. I fell out of a tree at 12, 15 ft backwards onto a boulder. Difficultly with friendships from 12 onwards. I became bulimic at 13 and became very overweight. Severely emotionally traumatized by it all. Parents had a bad divorce at 25, moved, severe financial stress. Suffered depression (16 - 27) and was suicidal until 27. Married my husband at 33, he was angry, seemed bi polar…nice then angry. Never stable. Very stressful. Birth of 1st daughter took 37 hours – she was breech, epidural didn’t work, pain was horrific – emergency C section. I was given morphine which I was allergic to. Developed lymphoma shortly after her birth. 2nd daughter was caesarian – had a diaphragmatic hernia diagnosed at 5 weeks. Surgery successful…didn’t sleep for 8 months properly. I have been working on my health naturally all these years. I divorced my husband last year. It has been very stressful, but better being away from him. He is very toxic.

Discuss the way that you manage or deal with your problems, or any problems that occur in your life. I am a very positive proactive person. I believe there is always a solution to any problem. I pray daily. I have a very strong spiritual connection. I love myself immensely. I love my daughters dearly.

Discuss any patterns you have noticed in your behavior. I am always in struggle mode. I seem to have bad luck with money and opportunities to succeed. I don’t’ like pressure, especially since the lymphoma. I am very open and honest. I like real people.

Discuss any part of your life where you feel stuck or unable to change and grow. Finances, I am self employed. Everyone around me, although I live a seemingly well off life, the financial situation is almost ridiculous. I have had so many opportunities to earn $$$$ and they always fall through.
My health…the eating compulsion I feel is at the root of EVERYTHING with my health…it’s not real, no particular food, just food. It’s cleared many times and I feel so peaceful and calm. It messes up my digestion, it tortures me mentally and physically. The gland swelling…I know a lot holistically and nothing helps it, it’s so frustrating.

Describe your childhood and the kind of environment you grew up in, with reference to your relationships with your family, your school experiences, and any serious childhood diseases.
See previous…
Dad – horrible relationship – FEAR]
Brother – terrible – mean to me
Mother – ok But more interested in her terrible marriage than me.
I had – pneumonia (1), scarlet fever (1-2 yrs), croup (between 2-12 yrs), eye surgery for wandering eye at 8 and 10 yrs)

If your earlier discussions have not mentioned these already, please describe:

1. The specific foods that you crave (not just like) or hate - crave…chocolate (I eat only dark organic chocolate, vegetables, coffee. Hate – sardines, dark meat, strong fish, blue cheese.
2. The specific drinks that you crave or hate - crave coffee
3. What your sleep is like - mostly good, sometimes waking
4. How the weather and the temperature affects you - I prefer hot weather, but physically can tolerate either.
5. What kinds of things in the environment you are particularly sensitive to - none
6. What your general level of energy is like - always has been low, sometimes it’s severly low
7. What your level of sexual energy or desire is like – fairly high, even sex is frustrating that I don’t feel the sensations I should. I am with someone I truly love and have an attraction to.
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Hmm...please answer the following:

1) Do you have any tendency to feel apathetic or indifferent?
2) When fatigue does not allow you to do things, what do you feel ?
3) Please talk about your behavior towards your children and family and how it makes you feel.
4) How do you respond to the following:
a)Dancing
b) Thunderstorms
c) Exercise
5) Any issues with anger or irritability?


Sameer
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
1. I never feel apathetic or indifferent

2. I feel sluggish, I move slower, still doing things. I do computer work instead. I just move slower.

3.i'm irritable with my kids and mom a lot. Noise bothers me. Humour at my expense from my mother...bothers me. I have a hard time laughing.

4. Weather...I don't notice a physical effect but I much prefer warmth...I don't like being cold.

5. I love dancing and thunderstorms. I don't like exercising BUT it makes me feel good after. I feel it painful to do bec of the low energy. I love hiking...I find it energizing.

6. Not much anger but HIGH irritability for years

thank you!!!
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Hi Angelica,

Thank you for your answers. This pretty much seals the remedy for me.

My prescription would be 3 doses of SEPIA 30c to be taken as follows:


SEPIA 30c, dissolve 2 pellets in 250 ml spring water (let them melt in the water), stir well and take a sip from there 3 times at 30 mins gap.

The doses are to be taken for 1 day only. Take the doses empty stomach in the morning. From next day, no more doses.

Report in 1 week after dosing please.

Restrictions:

1/. Nothing should enter the mouth for 30 minutes prior to, or after taking the remedy.
2/. Do not touch the tablets with your hands, tip them into the cap of the container they came in and then into the water .
3/. Avoid coffee, tea (including green), and other sources of caffeine such as some fizzy drinks and large amounts of chocolate, except where this would cause a drastic change in consumption
4/. Avoid wearing perfume/aftershave, or exposure to anything with a strong smell while under treatment. This includes any and all essential oils, and incense.
5/. Avoid the consumption of excessively spicey foods
6/. The use of medicinal herbs, either as 'teas' or supplements should be AVOIDED during Homoeopathic treatment, as should the use of over the counter medication, unless this has been recommended by an MD.
7/. Nothing of a medicinal nature should be applied to the skin
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
Thank you Sameer!!! I will report back in about 10 days, I am going away, I will do the treatment during my trip.

Angelica
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Just to clarify, all that I avoid during treatment...coffee etc. Is it just for the 1 day that I take the doses?
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Hi Sameer, just to clarify I need to avoid coffee, just the day of the treatment?
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Keep it to a minimum level that you can without causing you any withdrawal symptoms. And, that is for throughout treatment or atleast for a few days after you take the dose.
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
Hi Sameer,

I wanted to update you in case it changes anything.

I took the sepia Thursday morning...20th. I developed a headache within an hour. I tried many things to help, it got so severe I took 1 Advil 5 hrs after doing the sepia. It was mostly located around the right side of head...around my right eye swelling. I got a small headache the next morning as well not bad. 4 days after dose I broke out in small pimples all over my lower cheeks where the swollen cheeks nodes are....small white heads and tiny bumps. I will update further at the 10 day mark. So far no change in the gland swellings.
 
angelicam 8 years ago
These are very good signs. Please wait and watch.
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
Hi Sameer, this is the 11th day. I developed a canker sore on my front lip a few days go right near gum line. My eye puffiness has improved about 30 percent. No changes in the glands.

Thank you!
Angelica
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Please talk more about the status of your general well being. How do you feel mentally, emotionally and energy-wise after the remedy ?
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
I feel a surprising and noticable improvement mentally...I feel very hopeful...I always 'try' to be positive and I sink back down. A week ago I all of a sudden felt better. emotionally better in general, about 30 percent at least. energetically I haven't noticed a difference.
 
angelicam 8 years ago
This is an excellent response. Eruptions along with mental, emotional improvement are one of the clearest indications for the remedy being correct.

Please procure a 200c of SEPIA, and report back in 5 days.
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
Hi Sameer,

Just to clarify, do I take one pellet of the 200 Sepia or do I dissolve it and take it as I did the 30?

Thank you!
Angelica
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Do not take it yet. Just have it handy. Update me in 5 days, and we will think about dosing then.
 
sameervermani 8 years ago
Hi Sameer, my emotional state has stayed fairly stable. My eye swelling overall is greatly improved. Glands the same. Energy may be slightly improved.

Angelica
 
angelicam 8 years ago
Excellent. We shall wait for another week in that case. This is the simillimum (perfect remedy). Update in 1 week.
 
sameervermani 8 years ago

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