Hello, guys!
I understand you are not here to diagnose me, but I would really appreciate you helping me figure out should I start panicking or not, based on your experience.
I'm a 27 year old female. Have not been to the doctor's in ages, I'm the type of person to easily brush off everything as a common cold and power through it myself.
About 3, 4 months ago, I have noticed I started to get really seriously fatigued all day, every day. Like, barely keeping my eyes open at work fatigued, even though then I had no trouble sleeping. If I could have, I would have slept 20 hours of the day. I have also noticed I was getting out of breath very easily, especially while going uphill or up the steps. I would literally feel faint how out of breath I was getting. I have also lost around 11, 12 pounds in the last 3, 4 months, without consciously dieting (I now look very frail and unhealthily skinny). I have found a lump on the left side of my neck which is around 1,5 cm and one on the back of my head, near the hearline, which is at least 2,3 times the size of the first one. The first one feels rubbery, but the bigger one feels very hard and unmoveable.
I went to the doctor when I notices the first one, a little over a month ago, when it was only bean-sized. She did some bloodwork, everything seemed fine except my hemoglobin was on the lower side of the normal range, lymphocytes were a little higher than normal, and neutrophils were a bit lower than normal. She said it seemed like an infection and refered me to an infectologyst. He assured me he can see no signs of an infection, at all.
Now, that was over a month ago. Both of the nodes seem to have swelled up a tiny bit more. I have started feeling this weird pain and slight, tender swelling down my neck on the left side, around my collarbone, and around my armpit, above my breast. No lumps in those regions that I can feel, just the slight swelling, and the skin feels warmer than normal there. I have also had a slightly raised temperature of around 99.5 for 3, 4 days now, mostly in the evenings, accompanied with chills throughout most of the day. I have had no night sweats, but have been sweating more than usual, in general, for over a month. Also, my throat feels tight, but is not painful. Just like it's difficult for me to swollow. Some itching all over the body is there, but I have attributed it to dry skin due to colder weather.
I guess my question is, should I worry? I am planning to schedule an appointment with my GP next week, and ask her if we can to an ultrasound of the nodes, because I have been getting progressively worse, I feel like.
Thank you so much in advance for reading this, would really appreciate your input!