Re: More frustration-- post srt problems

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Mel,

I am as former lab technician. A lymphocyte reading of 18% is absolutely not anything to be concerned about. And the rest of your Blood count (WBC, RB C, Hemoglobin and hematocrit) is perfectly fine.

The differential that listed you lymphocyte count is just a breakdown of the types of white blood cells that are in your blood. 18% just means that out of 100 white blood cells, 18 of them were lymphocytes. I agree totally with your doctor and his nurse.

Bonnie

More frustration. I got the results of a battery of tests.

All are within the normal range with one glaring exception.

Here are some results with thee normal range, and the exception:

WBC 5.9 [4.8-10.8]

rbc 4.68 [3.6, 6.1]

hemogl. 15.3 [14-18]

hematocrit 44 [42-48]

OK, there's more. But on the WBC Differential, it lists:

Lymphocytes at 18 % with normal [25-45]

My doctor says this is not significant. My reading seems to indicate that this is a problem.

All the other figures are normal. Is this insignificant? It would seem to explain my problem.

I also called my RO. My RO (his nurse) says none of this has anything to do with the SRT and the 18% is not significant.

　

　

　

　

Mel