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Originally Posted by Heather8773
Thx y'all  is it normal to go up and down in counts? My husbands WBCs seem to keep going back to 1.? And then he gets neupagen. His plts dipped back 15 pts |
Hi Heather, my team told me it can take a year for counts to normalize.
Neupogen shots can redirect the energy from making platelet and/or red cells, to making white cells. It's a delicate balance and there are different theories on giving neopogen shots post transplant, depending on length of time post transplant, levels of neutrophils... I definitely experienced this relationship when I regularly required transfusions and neupogen prior to my transplant.
A few questions:
Is he still under the care of his transplant team?
How long post transplant did he begin receiving neupogen?
How low are they letting his neutrophils go before they give him neupogen?
How high have all his counts risen since his transplant?
Best,