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Old Thu Aug 19, 2010, 11:32 AM
Birgitta-A Birgitta-A is offline
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EPO?

Hi S001,
Good that the platelets are so high !

You know a normal WBC count is about 4.5 to 10.0. Often the reference value is written at the report from the lab. This means that 14.3 is a little high. Then I don't understand how the blasts in perifer blood can be as high as 24%. Good that they now are down to 1%.

Have you asked what EPO value your husband had initially? You know our kidneys make EPO and when the HGB is low the kidneys try to increase EPO. Some patients - like me - have a very high EPO value at dx. If is is more than 500 - I hade more than 800 - EPO drugs hardly ever have any effect, so I was never treated with an EPO drug.
Kind regards
Birgitta-A
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