DEAR DOCTOR,

CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME. I AM 40 YRS AND FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS I HAD BEEN FEELING UNWELL. IT STARTED WITH MY DEVELOPING BRUISE LIKE SPOTS AROUND BOTH MY KNEES ACCOMPANIED WITH LOW GRADE FEVER. ON BEING PRESCRIBED CALCIUM AND VITAMIN B SUPPLEMENTS, THE SPOTS REDUCED AND HAD RETURNED AGAIN. NOW I FEEL EXHAUSTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY THOUGH I GET SOUND SLEEP AT NIGHT. MY LEGS FEEL TIRED AND A TERRIBLE PAIN OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK OCCASSIONALLY. THE PAIN LASTS FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND DISAPPEARS BEING ME TIRED OUT. I FEEL WEAK IN THE CHEST AND HAVE LOSS OF APPETITE. A FEW BITES MAKES ME FEEL FULL. MY URINATION IS NOT FREQUENT BUT EXCESSIVE AND MY STOOL IS SOFT AND A BIT DARK IN COLOUR. MY EYELIDS ARE A LITTLE SWOLLEN. ROUTINE BLOOD, THYROID AND RHEUMATISM TESTS HAVE RETURNED NORMAL. I MAY SOUND CONFUSING BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ADVISE.