Nervous for my partner

Hi all. 

I have been through a cancer scare and then benign tumour journey myself and lost my beloved nan to cancer in April last year. My most loved partner however has been going through health concerns for a while and I didn't pick up on it. I feel so guilty. But I noticed he was becoming extremely irritable and poorly. Something in him changed, he became pale, bags under he's eyes, bruises everywhere, rashes. I encouraged him to have bloods all was "normal". 

Around 5 months ago he began sleeping quite a bit, tired all the time and sluggish. Again I put it down to his depression due to normal bloods. 

Recently he began feeling extremely unwell, sick, fever on and off, smelling slightly of bread, rashes, dizziness, night sweats. I called the doctors on his behalf and asked for WBC results I knew something wasn't right and they came back with he's previous results were in normal range at 10, but then he's lymphocytes count from last year was high at 3.7 but wasn't picked up by the doctor. He's neutrophils last year were 5.1 normal range however on the high end. Fast forward to December which were his most recent tests and I asked for him to have them printed and these were the most current results: WBC 11.4, Lymphocytes 3.5 whilst decreased has still been raised for more than 8 months! And neutrophils is 6.6 which again whilst normal is a HUGE rise with the current circumstances!

I'm mad the doctor just put this to one side given he has a high family history of cancer they were made aware of. Has anybody been through this? Had similar results? What's the next steps likely to be- the doctor realised their mistake I think and he wanted to see him in person although doesn't sound like he will take him to seriously. He wants to repeat the bloods. 

Just needed somewhere to get this all out, I already know it's going to be a long, tiring and scary journey. 

Thanks x

  • Hello Concernedtwinflame9194

    I'm sorry to hear that your partner has recently had some health concerns. It's understandable that you're feeling anxious about their symptoms given your own recent health scare and the loss of your Nan last year. 

    It's good to hear that your partner's GP has requested to see them for a face-to-face appointment. Hopefully they will be able to offer you both some answers and reassurance about the symptoms that your partner is experiencing. 

    If you think it may help you to talk through some of our concerns with one of our nurses you're welcome to call them on 0808 800 4040, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. 

    I do hope that things settle and improve for your partner soon. 

    Best wishes, 
    Jenn
    Cancer Chat moderator 

  • Thank you so much xx 

    I'm just so worried about him.