Hi all, 

Posting here after reading lots of other forums/posts - all the while telling myself to get off the internet :laugh:

I have been experiencing unexplained bruising for around 2 years. It started sporadically, with fingerprint sized bruises on my thighs (not caused by any injury). This has steadily got worse, and now I have over 20 bruises at any one time not caused by injury. The largest is palm sized, and now occur on my thighs, lower legs, stomach, forearms, and more recently, my face. I am extremely fatigued day to day, and this has worsened. Over the last few months I've also experienced some non-specific symptoms that aren't the norm for me - hot flushes and night sweats, joint pain, rashes and itching for no obvious reason , nausea.

I suppose I'm just looking for some realistic advice/info. I only realised how many of these symptoms that I've been having are signs of blood cancers recently, and I had a strange penny drop/gut feeling moment looking at a list that described me. I feel rubbish but I just don't feel that unwell. Surely something would be more obvious? 

I have a GP appointment this afternoon, and assume I might be sent for general bloods.

Did anyone have a similar experience pre-diagnosis? I just want to know what possibilities to be aware of/prep myself for, if that makes sense? 

thank you!