So that's my diagnosis - after all the tests and surgery - sarcoidosis. What is it I asked?
Well, according to the NIH:
Sarcoidosis (sar"koi-do'sis) involves inflammation that produces tiny lumps of cells in various organs in your body. The lumps are called granulomas (gran"u-lo'mahs) because they look like grains of sugar or sand. They are very small and can be seen only with a microscope.
These tiny granulomas can grow and clump together, making many large and small groups of lumps. If many granulomas form in an organ, they can affect how the organ works. This can cause symptoms of sarcoidosis.
Sarcoidosis can occur in almost any part of your body, although it usually affects some organs more than others. It usually starts in one of two places:
1. Lungs
2. Lymph nodes, especially the lymph nodes in your chest cavity.
The National Library of Medicine has a really neat interactive video that describes this disease, plain and simple: