LuSmith
17-01-21, 19:46
Hi there
It's been a while since I've been here (been trying to work on not letting myself get worked up over everything), but the last week or so has been a bit harder than normal. Tonight during the night I noticed what looks like red marks similar to petechiae on my forearm, which I got concerned over when I did the stupid thing of googling what it could be. I've been having a number of various symptoms recently which have been troubling me, one of which is a throbbing shoulder, and upper arm, that gets worse at night. It's mainly sore with pressure/when pressed on the bone. The other symptom I've been dealing with is night sweats, which doctor just shrugged off as "hyperhidrosis" even though I haven't had night sweats in a long time before now. I've also had a cyst/boil in front of my ear lobe which I finished antibiotics for about a few days ago (that's ALMOST gone).
The other thing I noticed was on my other forearm for some reason, I have a new mole or dark freckle of some kind. I don't think its been there before, I definitely would have noticed it as it stands out quite a bit. I'm a little concerned as it's probably not common at my age (late 30s) to get new moles suddenly pop up (though I've had one do so before). I don't know if it's just a coincidence but all of this together is really concerning me. I've also been losing weight (which I stopped checking up on bc it was making me even more paranoid). The doctor just told me to weigh myself at the doctor in future and didn't elaborate on why I could have lost weight despite eating like normal.
Anyone have any idea whether I'm just overthinking things? I had a blood test done a month ago (xmas eve) that came back with most things being normal (didn't check liver or kidneys but did do a blood microscopy and CBC) apart from a low level of iron stores.
It's been a while since I've been here (been trying to work on not letting myself get worked up over everything), but the last week or so has been a bit harder than normal. Tonight during the night I noticed what looks like red marks similar to petechiae on my forearm, which I got concerned over when I did the stupid thing of googling what it could be. I've been having a number of various symptoms recently which have been troubling me, one of which is a throbbing shoulder, and upper arm, that gets worse at night. It's mainly sore with pressure/when pressed on the bone. The other symptom I've been dealing with is night sweats, which doctor just shrugged off as "hyperhidrosis" even though I haven't had night sweats in a long time before now. I've also had a cyst/boil in front of my ear lobe which I finished antibiotics for about a few days ago (that's ALMOST gone).
The other thing I noticed was on my other forearm for some reason, I have a new mole or dark freckle of some kind. I don't think its been there before, I definitely would have noticed it as it stands out quite a bit. I'm a little concerned as it's probably not common at my age (late 30s) to get new moles suddenly pop up (though I've had one do so before). I don't know if it's just a coincidence but all of this together is really concerning me. I've also been losing weight (which I stopped checking up on bc it was making me even more paranoid). The doctor just told me to weigh myself at the doctor in future and didn't elaborate on why I could have lost weight despite eating like normal.
Anyone have any idea whether I'm just overthinking things? I had a blood test done a month ago (xmas eve) that came back with most things being normal (didn't check liver or kidneys but did do a blood microscopy and CBC) apart from a low level of iron stores.