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Old Wed Mar 22, 2017, 05:45 AM
Bossywife Bossywife is offline
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RDW

So the past few months some of my husband's CBCs have gotten worse. WBC, Neutro, & Hemoglobin lower ... and RDW higher. "Higher" was weird to see on my spreadsheet. I rarely see anything in the "higher" colour (blue). (thanks again to the person who made the spreadsheet )

My husband works at a Cancer clinic and his doctor "friend" told him that RDW is not a big concern, that he needs to watch his MCV (which is currently fine). I know I should trust them and just move along, but seriously... why test RDW if it doesn't matter??

I think it's a conspiracy to weed out the crazy wives who overthink and try to decipher medical journals online in their spare time.

I might need help.
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Husband (61) dx RAEB1 Apr 2015 after long term bad CBCs (first discovered Apr 2008 after an unknown infection had him hospitalized), currently on watch & wait with monthly bloodwork. Myeloid Gene Panel testing done Aug 2017, showed nothing worrisome. CEBPA mutation
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