Bluesky1
08-06-17, 05:20
Long time lurker first time poster, thanks for having me in your community. Reading posts has helped me greatly over the years in battling my HA but my latest incident has me shaken.
I've recently returned from an overseas trip and have had an aching calf for weeks, I went to the DR and he ordered a blood test, thinking blood clot.
Results today came back fine for blood clot but showed a low white blood cell count of 3.5 (normal 4-11) and Neutrophils at a level of 1.7 being the culprit of bringing the overall number down. My GP said ordinarily he wouldn't be concerned however I have a condition called MGUS which can be associated with blood cancers although usually later in life. (I'm a 30 yr old male)
I had a blood test just 6 weeks ago that showed all of my levels were normal, white blood count included.
My GP wants to wait a month and retest to see if there is a pattern, i'm just not sure how i'm going to cope for a month wondering if this is the start of one of the horrible blood cancers getting hold of me.
Around the time of the blood test my coworkers have all been sick (I somehow haven't), I've been traveling for a few weeks just 1 week before the blood test - I'm hoping that maybe I just have a virus that didnt show symptoms which has caused this abnormality, is that even possible???
How could my blood test results be normal only 40 days ago and now we are worrying about blood cancer! :weep:
I've recently returned from an overseas trip and have had an aching calf for weeks, I went to the DR and he ordered a blood test, thinking blood clot.
Results today came back fine for blood clot but showed a low white blood cell count of 3.5 (normal 4-11) and Neutrophils at a level of 1.7 being the culprit of bringing the overall number down. My GP said ordinarily he wouldn't be concerned however I have a condition called MGUS which can be associated with blood cancers although usually later in life. (I'm a 30 yr old male)
I had a blood test just 6 weeks ago that showed all of my levels were normal, white blood count included.
My GP wants to wait a month and retest to see if there is a pattern, i'm just not sure how i'm going to cope for a month wondering if this is the start of one of the horrible blood cancers getting hold of me.
Around the time of the blood test my coworkers have all been sick (I somehow haven't), I've been traveling for a few weeks just 1 week before the blood test - I'm hoping that maybe I just have a virus that didnt show symptoms which has caused this abnormality, is that even possible???
How could my blood test results be normal only 40 days ago and now we are worrying about blood cancer! :weep: