[lacanada1]

I am a normally healthy 20-something male. I am being treated with prednisone (40mg/day) for a preliminary diagnosis of aplastic anemia after a last blood count had HGB 8.6 (RBC 2.31), PLT 79, WBC 2.6, with levels generally going down or staying at that level a little bit test-by-test over the last couple months. I also had a bone marrow biopsy, which revealed no malignancy but did note hypocellularity and "considerable red cell anisopoikilocytosis."

But my last reticulocyte count was 4.55%. My hematoligist says that this is a good sign, but how can my Hgb/RBC levels be so low, but my reticulocyte count be so high? It's been like this for a couple weeks now, and I continue to tired and more light-headed than before. My question is if with such a high reticulocyte count, can I be considered to have aplastic anemia?