Hi,

I have always been relatively fit & healthy, none smoker/drinker & a healthy eater, however 5 years ago I started getting unusual, symptoms. Ie I gained 2 stone in 8 months, I knocked my elbow & the bruise was from my wrist to my shoulder, I am in constant severe pain/body aches, hot sweats at night to name but a few of the truly awful symptoms. 

As someone hardly ever needing to go to a GP in the past, I now find myself constantly visiting the GP. I was given blood tests & after many years, diagnosed with Fibromyalgia  Now, if I visit the GP with a new symptom (ie, I am struggling to swallow & my voice is very weak/horse) I am told it’s ’just my fibromyalgia’.

my question is, can all cancers be detected (or at least in indication given)  from just having a blood tests? I really do not want to be bothering the GP if there’s no need, I just feel I’m not taken seriously when I do go. 

As my symptoms are constantly changing (as anyone who has/knows about fibromyalgia knows), how can I be sure a symptom is ‘just fibromyalgia?). 

thank you. 

Sue