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Phlebotomies/Chelation/Counts during AA remission
Hey everyone! Long time no see!
I am doing fine and going on four years of full remission. Yay!
Anyway, just a quick question. I am still getting phlebotomies to reduce my iron levels. Could this affect the numbers on my CBCs even a month or so after taking off some blood?
My hematologists just looks at my HGB around 13, gives me a thumbs up and sends me to the infusion chair.
Since we have been really hitting the iron issues lately, my counts have come in a little lower, but stable. WBC flirts with 4, HGB in the high 12s low 13s and PLts in the 120 range. Everything was a little higher before "operation phlebotomy" started in earnest in the winter.
Thoughts?
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Ryan Jay: 38-yo, dx SAA: 7/25/10, ATG: 8/10/10. CR with counts still rising. HGB: 13, Plt: 137 WBC 5.1 ANC
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