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I can't upload a picture, but I noticed today several tiny bruises on my legs, back of the thighs mostly. They are small and I have bruises on my right tibia too, 9 and they are on the line. Yesterday I had a bad back pain, today leg pain. I have felt nauseous and 2 weeks ago I was so tired for the 2 days I couldn't do anything. I'm still little tired but not as much. I have had lump feeling in the throat, it comes and goes but doesn't feel when I drink or eat. I'm literally convinced that I have leukemia. I had blood drawn on May 8th and everything was fine, nothing was low or increased. Everything was checked.

Hi everyone, I’m new here. I’m just looking for advice and reassurance. I’m an 18 year old healthy female. Recently (over the past month and a half or so) I’ve noticed some random, unexplained bruising, mostly on my legs. The first time around, which would have been sometime in July, I noticed small nickel-sized green bruises on my left thigh. There were three of them and they were almost in a perfectly straight line. I also noticed a couple on my other thigh, about the same size and same color as well. And another, which my mom pointed out, on the inner part of my upper right arm, which was pretty massive and alarming to me. I started becoming increasingly anxious over this (I am not clinically diagnosed with anxiety; I haven’t ever had a proper assessment done, so I am simply going off of my own feelings) and started having dizzy spells and overall general feelings of being “unwell.” It got so severe that I had to call out of work three days in a row because I couldn’t stand longer than 20 minutes without needing a break because I was so lightheaded. I suspected anemia because of all of this and had a CBC done which came back normal, albeit my platelet count was a little high, as well as my calcium levels, but I was assured that it was nothing to be concerned about. After that ordeal I was able to get a grip and pretty much entirely forgot about the situation. I started taking a daily women’s multivitamin which made me feel significantly better, so I began to improve. However, this past Sunday (September 9th) I worked what we call “floor set” at work, meaning we completely change the layout of the sales floor, which includes changing wall setups, moving shelves, climbing ladders, lifting mannequins, etc. The main thing I was doing during that floor set change was climbing up and down ladders. After that shift which was around 5 and a half hours, later that night, I noticed I had some pretty excessive bruising on my shins, some traveling to my knee and thigh on my right leg. I have about 6 small brown/greenish bruises on my left shin, as well as around 10 bruises on my right leg, mainly focused on my shin but one on my knee and one on my lower thigh. Around three of the bruises on my right shin are larger than the rest, and it’s beginning to worry me. I constantly check my body anytime I bump into something as I’m becoming increasingly more anxious about bruising so easily. My mind keeps steering in the direction of Leukemia, even though part of me knows that I would KNOW if I had it. Am I simply overreacting or should I visit the doctor again over these? I’m not experiencing any severe fatigue, night sweats, fevers, etc. but I have quite a few physical symptoms of anxiety that aren’t helping me at all. As far as I know, easy bruising doesn’t run in my family, but I am extremely fair-skinned, so maybe that has something to do with it? This is really starting to take a toll on me and I would just like a peace of mind. It’s been very hard to function to the best of my ability at work because my mind keeps falling back into the big “C” spiral. It’s hard to relax when I can’t stop thinking about this. I have attached an image of the bruises on my legs for reference. Not all of the bruises are visible due to the flash washing my skin out, but the majority of them can be seen. I greatly, greatly appreciate any kind of reassurance anyone can give me.