could this be leukemia? no one can figure out what is wrong with me.

[steph322]

thanks for reading. for a little over two months now, i have been having a rash of symptoms that, based on all testing, are completely inexplicable. it started with some shortness of breath, which i attributed to anemia, only to find out i wasn't anemic. then came horrible fatigue. then memory and concentration problems. my foot broke while just walking. horrible dizziness and nausea, loss of appetite and almost a 10 pound weight loss in the last few weeks. now, i started having a horrible ache in my shoulder that i cannot attribute to anything. and i have been noticing a lot of hair loss. all of the symptoms are getting much worse... horrible weakness, fatigue from washing my hair, shortness of breath from just bending over this morning.

i was not anemic when i was first tested a month ago, but on all of my subsequent tests, i have watched my numbers go down, down, down, until yesterday, i was finally confirmed as anemic. but i have been very anemic before and it was nothing like this.

my wbc count is still within normal range, but it is getting towards the upper end of normal, and is 67% neutrophils as of yesterday. i recently found out that a drug i have been taking for almost 10 years, topamax, can artificially lower your wbc (sometimes significantly).

my aunt died when she was my age of leukemia. this has also given me some pause.

has anyone else experienced anything like this or have any thoughts? i honestly don't know what to do next, because the doctors just keep doing the same tests and find nothing, so they say there is nothing wrong and treat me like i'm crazy. one even told me to lose weight while i was sitting there with my foot in an air cast, complaining of shortness of breath. i just feel like if i'm going to get any answers, i'm going to have to advocate for them myself.

thanks for reading my long post.