Hi all, I hope it’s okay to use this forum for advice and I guess reassurance.
I am a 22 year old female and I would say I feel overall healthy though I have started to experience a few prominent symptoms over the last two years (summer 2023). I have been increasingly more tired and the lack of energy is persistent despite amounts of sleep, resulting in only really walking and stretching in terms of movement. I am having frequent and more prolonged infections, often just common colds or throat infections. I’ve been having intermittent discomfort with bloating in my lower abdomen (below the belly button) and occasional pain in my right upper quadrant (on the bra strap area towards my arm) and also intermittent pain on my left shoulder.
These symptoms alone don’t really concern me but my blood test results are continuing to be more abnormal.
My white blood cell count has always been on the low side (for the last 8 years) though in the last two years it is slowly decreasing from 3.6 to now 3.1. My neutrophils count is also decreasing from 2.2 two years ago to 1.7 now. Additionally my platelets are consistently low (ish) decreasing from 135 to 119. My blood film morphology also found both Red cells anisocytosis and platelet anisocytosis.
My GP, who is really caring, has ran so many various tests after sharing the abnormalities. I have been referred to hematologist, despite the test results not yet being worryingly low, but am not being seen for a few months, which I am taking as a good sign.
I am trying to stay away from google etc as I don’t want to start to overthink though I have come to this forum to see if anyone else has had these experiences and if they have any advice to share. I am just a little worried as I used to be a dancer with so much energy and now I feel I live on the sofa at 22.
My apologies for the long message, that is probably too much information! Any advice or thoughts will be greatly appreciated!