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Hi Dee,
Have you done a complete nutritional work-up to find out what else you may be low in....Any low normal and below normal should be addressed. The heavy hitters for blood are the B vitamins, esp B12, Folate and B6. Since you have digestive issues, there's a strong possibility you are not absorbing others as well. Many docs consider a B12 reading below 400 OK but there's so much more current work done on B12 that many feel you need to be at 500 especially in the presence of symptoms.
Getting a good work-up and having a doc being able to understand it is difficult but it's worth looking into. Fixing nutritional insufficiencies and deficiencies is a good idea even if doesn't "fix" the blood counts.
Marlene
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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