Absolute Neutroophil Count

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Hi Everyone,

I'm going to my Onc. tomorrow, and I need some info. Last month, I didn't know

the proper

terms, so when I asked him how my immune system was, he told me that took very

specialized tests, and that we couldn't test for everything. My confidence in

him has become

quite shaken, especially since he insisted that Gleevec didn't cause fatigue,

and referred me

to my psychiatrist.

Well, tomorrow is the deciding appointment. What I need to know is how often I

should

expect ad Absolute Neutrophil Count , or ANC be done. My visit to the onc came

the same

week one of our members died of pneumonia due to being Neutropenic. I couldn't

think of

the term at the time of my appt.

Thanks so much,