Good morning. 🙂 Happy to hear your new doctor is being much more responsive in helping you find answers to the symptoms you’re having. I know it’s lot to go through with all the tests and the CT but it’ll be a relief to feel there’s some forward progress instead sitting there being worried! It’s really frustrating when you feel something is wrong and not getting heard.

Your blood work sounds reassuring with nothing abnormal. The neutrophils, granulocytes and LDH show that your immune system is responding to some type of inflammation. That can be from a number of sources.
Just for peace of mind to let you know how reactive our immune systems are, a little story from my distant past when I was in my early 20s, that was over 45 years ago 😳!
I had similar symptoms with swollen lymph nodes and elevated blood levels, night sweats, low grade fever etc. it went on for along time. After much sleuthing, (before CTscans) we finally figured out it was a reaction to black fly bites I received while on vacation in the north woods of Michigan a month before all the symptoms began. Of course, before we found the answer, my mind went to all sorts of bad places. I was treated and all was forgotten.

Our immune systems are powerful so when there is something it perceives as an ‘invader’ it will send an army to fight. Swollen lymph nodes and elevated white blood are a normal response. So hopefully your doctor will get to the bottom of your symptoms soon and you get some relief!

When is your CT appointment?

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