sick with elevated WBC
I was just wondering if this happens to anyone else out there, as I am newly diagnosed and have no real sense of what is "normal" anymore.
My ANC typically flaots between 1.1 and 1.5. BUT when I have gotten a cold it has jumped up to 4.4 and given me a WBC of 6.8 ("normal" readings!) This has happend three times with number very similar.
My RBC and platelets are fine and have been. But my bone marrow has less than 10% cellularity.
Doesn't this mean SOMETHING inside me must be working???
"Normal" people with "normal" counts get and elevated WBC....so because I'm starting low I reason that my counts read as normal -- but for me truly are elevated.
But I was under the impression that if I got sick they would drop futher...
Thoughts??
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~Dee~  ) 29yr, wife and mom of 3 :: Dx Moderate AA 9/09, treated with IV iron, currently "watch and wait" :: RBC,Platelets "ok" - low WBC and ANC
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