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Lil worried If i might have leukemia

I'm a 31 year old female, I have never been one for the dr but i finally made myself go after actually getting worried about how i was feeling..I

am constantly tired, regardles how much i sleep. i am not usually hungry  and i wish i could say i lose weight but i havent if anything i gained more. i thought my symptoms were more relalated to diabetes. i am having night sweats, blurry vision  or dots, last 6 months to a year i have had lil red dots  that itch like crazy (i thought spider bites) i get short of breath from the slightest of things (3 feet to a couch x.x)my middle fingers get tingly and my feet swell up. i get bruises on my body in odd places and dont rember where or how i got them (nothing like huge black ones just random brusing)my muscles in my legs  are tender but no actul bruises . my hair fell out in lil  handfuls ( i since cut it thinkng it was to long helped some but still have more then i like seeing) cuts take longer to heal then usaul and bleeds a bit more. i was having random dizzy spells.

anyways i went to the dr, and tey orded a bunch of tests. got a full bloodwork done up, a pft, and a heart monitor for a day. the dr called me back bout a week later to let me know my white count was high and so i went and had some more blood work. now i dont want to jumpt he gunm i went and looked up what high white count could mean and obviously a virus or somthing i must say i havent felt nessicarily sick.. just tired all the time. my appointment is on monday the 9th and i hate to sound like i am jumping the gun. but i am getting more and more worrie as i get closer to my appoint the office was very vauge when they called me.

oh and a lil backround info . i am over weight, my cholestoral is a issue , i am currently a smoker (i have tried everything to quit i asked my dr for chantix) my mother has lupus ( i did research that first but dont seem to ahve alot in common with it)and diabetes runs in my family iam not sure about leukimia. and when i was very young i had a stay in the hospital . swollen joints, a butt rash and couldnt hold food or water down (somthing also bout juvenile arthritis nothing ever came of it )
any suggestions expereinces  oh and plz dont hesitate to call me nuts  or i am overthinking i do that alot too

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back from the dr, my white count is pretty much the same maybe a tad lower.  got my choleseral coutn and thats a tad alarming.

i now have to get a chest xray based on my  PFT test seems somthing is amiss that has them concerned a bit. and a 2 hour gluclose test is also in the works... all things considered if i fand out why i have been feeling so poorly  it will be worth it =/
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i know there were several thyroid tests in the full blood work up, they only called and told me my  white count was high and my cholestoral was high.i was told low cholesteral diet exercise for 3 months.. they didnt even give me that number either .

all i can do it wait till monday , and hopefull then i can get all the numbers and such.

thank you so much for posting i appreciate it :)
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DId they test your thyroid? Not just TSH but Free T4 and T3 as well as thyroid antibodies? Also, do you know the rest of your lab results?
Also, did they test for epstien barr (mono?)
Your symptoms are a bit vague, but thyroid is the first thing I though because you're gaining weight. In leukemia, you tend to lose it.
Please keep us posted.
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oh yeah i forgot my blood pressue is like 100% perfect.  (go figure for a heavey weight smoker  lol) i had my appendix out 3 or 4 years ago. and all but 6 teeth removed last year ( peredontial disease and once i got a cavity they would decay l faster then speed of light =/) i wish i had gotten a send opinion tho) sorry off track >.<
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