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Hello, I recently weny in to my Doc for abnormal (period-like) bleeding that was going on for over 2 months. He ran a CBC plus a slew of other blood tests, just because I guess. Well, he said it'd be a week or so before the results came back. But then he called just two days later telling me to come back in.
This was his concern: My wbc count is 20,000. My absolute neutrophil is 15.4 k/uL, and my bands are at 5. He said this may indicate leukemia, and I am going to the hematologist this thursday. Probably going to check my bone marrow. I am very nervous about this. I tried googling anything and everything, but I still feel like I haven't got any answers that are close to my situation. I asked both my Mom and my sister, who are both RNs, but they didn't want to answer me, which really worried me because we always share all our medical thoughts together. Does this really indicate leukemia? What are bands and neutrophils? Posted on 06/06/12, 12:53 pm |
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First, I'm sorry you are going through this. I do know how you feel. Second, my husband had blood tests come back with 18,000 wbc, and his diagnoses was acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Of course I cannot say this is what you have, only your dr can confirm this. I felt like my husband was given a death sentence after that phone call. I did more reading that I should, and it scared me more than anything. A lot of the leukemia stats out there seem negative, however, there are survivors, there is cancer treatment evolving daily. I went into my husbands treatment very negative and thinking he wouldn't make it. He has avoided most side effects from treatment, etc,,,,,,he has a long road of him, but he's determined to beat it. How did your appointment go? There is a small group of us that are dealing w/leukemia and it helps to communicate with others dealing w/it as well. 
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