[Steph]

Hello-

I have not been diagnosed with MDS. My hematologist/oncologist suspects however that with my CBC's and after eliminating other possibilities, I most likely have MDS. My CBCs have been consistently out of range (but not bad) for about 4 years. I don't have any symptoms so he thinks we should wait to do a BMB until I start to experience symptoms. My question is--how long can you have abnormal CBCs before symptoms typically show? I'm 40 years old. Is it possible that this could go on for 20-30 years before before anything serious happens? Has this type of thing been discovered on anyone else's routine blood tests with no symptoms--and what happened? I've tried researching this question but haven't found any answers.

My blood test looks like this (if it makes a difference):
WBC 3.2 (4.0-11.0)
RBC 4.1 (4.2-5.4)
MCH 32.7 (27-32)
PLT 106 (150-450)
MON% 10.3 (4-8)
NEU# 1.7 (2.0-7.4)

Thank you so much for any info you can give me!
Stephanie