Hopefulhypochondriac
06-04-18, 21:36
Hey All,
This is my first ever to post the forum! I've been a lurker for a while and you guys seem to give good advice so I've decided to give it a shot!
Sooo as a bit of background I have been sick on and off pretty much since January of this year. I had a stomach flu for a couple of weeks that caused me stomach issues for nearly 2 months, with a couple of relapses in there before I started to feel better. I seem to have developed GI issues from this too that have not gone away and act like IBS symptoms.... Anyway after this I started to feel better, but at the end of March I then caught a chest infection. Felt pretty rough, and my "IBS" even flared up so i could only eat plain food. Eventually I managed to overcome the chest infection (a few days ago) with the help of antibiotics, only to immediately come down with a cold today/yesterday....
Its so unusual for me to be sick with one thing after another and I cant help get the feeling that something is up especially due to the fact that I have been having other symptoms on and off:
- light night sweats. I wake up with a sweaty chest/neck in a panic. Its not drenching however, and I dont need to change my sheets or anything.
- abdominal pain (I think due to gas with the "IBS")
- Aching neck muscle on the right
- fatigue. Been feeling beat and run down since the start of the year.
Despite the items noted above I have been running and cycling on and off, and maintain a decent level of fitness. I'm tired alot but I dont get breathless from walking up stairs or anything. I have also had a bunch of blood tests completed by the doc (CBC etc) and a physical exam and an abdominal ultrasound which failed to bring up anything of note apart from alot of gas was noted.
I know I'm jumping the gun here but I cant shake the feeling that its lymphoma or leukemia... and that I'm just waiting for the symptoms to get bad enough to warrant a positive diagnosis....
What do you think my next step should be here? Should I just hang tight here and I'm just overreacting, or go back to the doc?
This is my first ever to post the forum! I've been a lurker for a while and you guys seem to give good advice so I've decided to give it a shot!
Sooo as a bit of background I have been sick on and off pretty much since January of this year. I had a stomach flu for a couple of weeks that caused me stomach issues for nearly 2 months, with a couple of relapses in there before I started to feel better. I seem to have developed GI issues from this too that have not gone away and act like IBS symptoms.... Anyway after this I started to feel better, but at the end of March I then caught a chest infection. Felt pretty rough, and my "IBS" even flared up so i could only eat plain food. Eventually I managed to overcome the chest infection (a few days ago) with the help of antibiotics, only to immediately come down with a cold today/yesterday....
Its so unusual for me to be sick with one thing after another and I cant help get the feeling that something is up especially due to the fact that I have been having other symptoms on and off:
- light night sweats. I wake up with a sweaty chest/neck in a panic. Its not drenching however, and I dont need to change my sheets or anything.
- abdominal pain (I think due to gas with the "IBS")
- Aching neck muscle on the right
- fatigue. Been feeling beat and run down since the start of the year.
Despite the items noted above I have been running and cycling on and off, and maintain a decent level of fitness. I'm tired alot but I dont get breathless from walking up stairs or anything. I have also had a bunch of blood tests completed by the doc (CBC etc) and a physical exam and an abdominal ultrasound which failed to bring up anything of note apart from alot of gas was noted.
I know I'm jumping the gun here but I cant shake the feeling that its lymphoma or leukemia... and that I'm just waiting for the symptoms to get bad enough to warrant a positive diagnosis....
What do you think my next step should be here? Should I just hang tight here and I'm just overreacting, or go back to the doc?