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Old Sun May 23, 2010, 08:54 PM
Rachel Rachel is offline
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Unhappy Macrocytosis with no explanation?

I am a 35 year old woman with an MCV of 101.9. According to my GP I have enlarged Red Blood Cells or Macrocytosis. My GP has been doing blood tests for 9 months having ruled out b12 and folate defiiciency as well as thyroid and liver disease. I am not a drinker. He sent me to a hematologist who wants to do a BMB and BMA. I am not anemic at this point. My hematologist predicts that I am 5q- and will become anemic in less than 5 years. He also believe that he will find that I have MDS.

I am scared to death of the BMB and the fact that I could have something that could kill me! I am a single mother and sole provider of a 6 year old and am having a really hard time right now!

Being that there are many people on here with MDS, I would love to know your thoughts!

I have no symptoms and the macrocytosis was an incidental finding in a routine CBC. I have no baseline to compare to. Is it possible that a mcv of 101.9 is normal for me? ( I would love to think that!)

HELP???

Rachel
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