Hey,
Not really sure if I should even be posting here, but I actually have nobody at all to talk to and I just wanted to hear some personal experiences or any advice...
I’m a 28 year old female and in around February this year I started to get a cough (normal everyone gets coughs) however it didn’t and still hasn’t gone away, it got so bad at one point that I lost my voice on March 12 (I remember the date as it was my sons 3rd birthday lol) and ever since I have just had a constant cough, sometimes it’s so bad I struggle to breathe. Being a smoker I just put my constant cough down to that.
Fast forward to April this year (still have the cough) and my skin was itching so so badly that I was covered in bruises and blood spots under my skin, it was so bad that I actually visited the doctor (I don’t really like to go to doctors etc incase they think I’m a drama queen) and she did blood and urine tests, the bloods came back normal and urine had slight raised protein levels. She also prescribed me cream and antihistamines to help with the itching but they’re not really any use. I also have the tiny red blood spots on the roof of my mouth. Doctor referred me to a haematologist for suspected Leukemia but as my bloods came back as normal my appointment was not until yesterday 23rd May.
between the doctor appointment and hospital appointment yesterday I have still had the persistent cough, I get occasional heartburn, I am often sick in the morning if I get up too quickly (no possibility of pregnancy) I have tiny red dots on the roof of my mouth still (have been there since at least April I didn’t check before then) my skin was itching so badly yesterday I’ve come out in more of the bleeding under my skin that doesn’t disappear under a Glass on my arm and on the back of my thigh, bruising has also come out on my thigh and on the tops of my feet by my ankles (strange not had bruises there before) I am very tired but that could just be because of the amount I’m stressing, I get night sweats that are not necessarily drenching but I am wet, my hair etc, I occasionally get a weird like numb achy feeling in my shoulder (very strange so hard to explain), I have sore areas under my jaw and what feels swollen glands under the jaw too, also the hematologist yesterday felt my lymph nodes but didn’t say anything to me, and felt my abdomen and when she applied pressure on my right side below my belly button it really hurt, still hurts now... she ordered lots of blood tests (7 vials, I actually have a picture of the names of the tests she wrote down) said that she needed to check my thyroid,and has referred me for a PET scan telling me that she doesn’t want to frighten me but it could be lymphoma , I’m just wondering why sh would straight away refer me for this scan telling me it could be lymphoma, if my blood results were not back and she didn’t comment on the lumps under my jaw, she didn’t say they felt fine but she didn’t say they weren’t fine either....
I’m just a bit worried, I do feel as though I have something very wrong, I have done since symptoms first started, I just don’t feel myself... has anyone else had these kind of symptoms or experience?
Sorry for the long long post.
Ashleigh xx
