Guest guest Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 I had blood work done yesterday in preparation for my rheumy visit, which will be Monday. My white blood cell count is still low and has, in fact, gone down from 3.9 to 3.5 (normal 4.0-10.5). The Granulocyte % and Absolute Gran are lower than normal for the first time. I know that granulocytes are white blood cells, but that's all I know about them. I have been on Enbrel since last March, so the effects of methotrexate should be gone, but I don't know about the Arava. I've read that Arava can stay in your body for two years. I even had the rheumy switch me from Bextra to Celebrex to see if the Bextra might be contributing to the low WBC count. I know that it's not all that low, but the fact that it persists in being low is what bothers me. Am I worrying needlessly? Or should I ask the rheumy to take some kind of action? It might not worry him, but then it's not his blood cells. Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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