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Old Tue Aug 16, 2011, 01:43 AM
Ryan Jay Ryan Jay is offline
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Rallying after a phlebotomy

Hi everyone,

So things have continues to go well for me exactly one year post ATG!

I have gone from using a chelator to phlebotomies in order to chip away at my iron levels. Fine with me because I HATE desferral!!! 8 hours in the hospital every Friday, my pee looks like it was stained with an orange highlighter and all the other effects...yuck.

Anyway, I've gone from 3,800 SF down to 1,600. However my counts drop after a phlebotomy and tend to stay down for a while.

For example, I was at an all time high in mid July: HGB: 12.4, Plt: 103, WBC: 4.2, ANC: 3,000.

Had a phlebotomy about 2 1/2 weeks ago and today my counts were: HGB: 11.7, Plt: 90, WBC: 3.5, ANC: 2,200.

Does this sound typical? I was expecting my counts to pop back up again.

In any case, those phlebotomies really help knock out that iron by 100+ points a shot.
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Ryan Jay: 38-yo, dx SAA: 7/25/10, ATG: 8/10/10. CR with counts still rising. HGB: 13, Plt: 137 WBC 5.1 ANC
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