Mental Fog and Low-Grade Fevers Wound Up Being Blood Cancer Symptoms for 36-Year-Old Woman Who First Blamed Stress and ‘Overtaxing’ Schedule

36-year-old Alexandra Cummings thought her mental fog and low-grade fevers were just the outcome of stress and an overtaxing work life juggling too jobs. But when symptoms progressed after developing a blood clot in her leg, she knew to take her health more seriously. Cummings then found out she had acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a rare type of blood cancer.