So for the last year and a half I have had enlarged lymph nodes in my neck and every couple months I get these horrible stomach pains and the doctor told me I had an enlarged spleen twice, the other time he didn't check. I've been tested for mono and a slew of common sicknesses and they are usually all negative. But after a while he stopped trying to figure it out. So I started seeing a new doctor.
I'm just getting over a sinus infection this week and my new doctor said it was odd that every doc appointment I've had for the last year and a half I've had swollen lymph nodes. (She was going over my file to get up to speed) My old doctor treated me like I was crazy so I figured I was being a hypochondriac and I let it go, but my new doc is really concerned and I have to see her again on monday but now I'm worried that she's worried.
I sweat a lot at night, I always have headaches, I keep feeling like there is something on my foot or hand but there's nothing there--aka itchy, I'm tired all the time, I have little red dots on my skin, I've always been super pale and I can't tan easily so they stick out, I wake up to find bruises all over my body and I don't remember how it happened.
But I've read up on leukemia and weight loss is always a symptom. I haven't lost weight, I've stayed the same weight no matter what I eat, how I force myself to workout, or how much I do eat and lay around. (I cycle between lazy and working out)
So I need advice. I'm missing a critical symptom, so am I crazy or is there a chance I could have leukemia?
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No, you do not have leukemia. Stop stressing over it. Go see a doctor about the lymph nodes and relax a bit.
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No donot be phyco consult to doctor.