Thread: Copper levels
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Old Fri Aug 17, 2018, 12:34 PM
BrianA BrianA is offline
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This was an interesting thread for me. Prior to my diagnosis, my hematologist considered my condition was caused by a copper deficiency. I was mildly anemic (HgB 12.7) , moderately thrombocytopenic (75) and severely neutropenic (600).

My copper serum tests always came in low, but not significantly so. My values always ranged in the low 70's. I was not taking zinc suppliments.

I took copper supplements for 1 1/2 years only to notice my labs continue to worsen. I went to Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa and one BMB later I was diagnosed. The copper was dismissed as a causal agent for my labs, although my doctor could understand why they first looked to copper as the source of my low CBC values.
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Diagnosed Hypoplastic MDS RAEB-I w/5% Blasts (Nov 2016); treated with Atgam in Dec 2016 and completed cyclosprine course in May 2017; Blast 3-5%; Hypocellar BM; WBC .66k/uL; ANC 0.15k/uL; Platelets 71k/uL; RBC 3.54mil/uL; Hemoglobin 12.7g/dL
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