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Old Fri Sep 26, 2008, 01:42 PM
Marlene Marlene is offline
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Hi Chirley,

I really don't have any ideas for you but John's lymph % usually run between 14 - 22% of is total white count. You need to look at all the various white blood cells percentages and counts. The "story" is more in the total picture versus one component.

He visited a GP once who insisted he had HIV because his Lymphs were low. This is because he did not understand SAA and his treatment. When the test came back negative, he was sure there was some other infection going on. He was conviced he had lymes. Again....negative. We ended up not going back to this guy because he just would not expand his knowleged to understand John's circumstances better. Both his Hemo's are happy with John's white count differential and prefer to see the lymph cells at lower precentage.

Marlene
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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