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Is leukemia a possibility?

I am hoping someone might be able to help me understand some things. I was diagnosed with MS a year ago and have been handling that pretty well. But since Sept., I have been having alot of unexplained things going on. They are:
Increased heart rate
feeling full quickly
unexplained bruising popping up everywhere
hair loss
petechiae
night sweats
Those are the main ones I can think of right now. My PCP sent me to a rhuemy thinking it might be lupus. They thought so as well but then all blood work came back normal so they dismissed me. Now I am wondering if it could be leukemia. Had blood work the other day and nothing was extremly off.
MCHC 31.5 (L)
MPV 11 (H)
baso%  2.3 (H)

That was pretty much it but I have copies of all bloodwork over the last year and was compairing and it's like 1 month I'm anemic and my WBC's are high and the next month everything is normal. It just seems to go up and down all the time. I also noticed that my platelets have increased everytime. They were at 240 almost a year ago and now they are 321.

Sorry this is so long. I am just looking for advice.
Thank you
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hi mandy, Sorry I can only give u advice going off my experience with my daughter. She was admitted to hospital due to abnormal blood counts but they were way off. And I may be wrong but I think platelets are usually low in leukemia as were my daughters. Also I know blood counts can go up and down and its not classed as abnormal aslong as they are within the normal range. However random bruising and petechiae are something that needs to be checked out- I would personally get a second opinion, good luck and best wishes
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