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Rising WBC
80 year old dx September 2006. 10 months since last blood transfusion. Counts Wednesday were: WBC 11.7 (up from previous week's 10.5), Hgb 10.5, Platelets 206. Take 1 Aranesp 200mG shot per week. Also taking 10mg of prednisone daily. Normally I would think that the WBC 11.7 means that I have an infection. Not the case. No fevers or chills. Normal range for my WBC has been from 3.0 to 3.5, sometimes much lower. At first the Dr. thought that the MDS may have progressed to leukemia. However could not find any blasts in the blood smear. Possibly Aranesp also affecting the WBC.
As a matter of interest, I am treated at the National Naval Medical Center, NCI/NNMC Clinic.
If anyone else has experienced this phenomenon I would appreciate hearing your details.
Warm regards to all,
Frank
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