Low WBC Counts 2 years after chemo

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slanderson
slanderson Member Posts: 152
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Low WBC Counts 2 years after chemo
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  • slanderson
    slanderson Member Posts: 152
    edited December 2007

    Hi everyone,

    Has anyone else had low WBC counts 2 years out of chemo?  I read on the internet today that normal range is 4000 to 10000.  Mine continue to be around 3000.  I am not getting sick or anything, but it just bugs me that my immune system doesn't seem to be up to snuff.  Especially since some doctors consider cancer to be a immune system malfunction.  That in some people the immune system will beat cancer and they will never know they had it.  Anyone?

    Thanks, Shannon

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  • slanderson
    slanderson Member Posts: 152
    edited December 2007

    That is good to hear!! Thanks Sherri

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  • florencedonna
    florencedonna Member Posts: 131
    edited December 2007

    My wbc hovers between 3000-4000, 18 months post chemo.  my hemoglobin and platelet count are close to the lower level of normal.  My onc was not concerned.  I am a physician; I occasionally see people without cancer whose wbc is 3500 or so.

    donna

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  • srlilly
    srlilly Member Posts: 9
    edited June 2012

    Check out your vitamin b12 level - my oncologist did, and it was super low, which he said explains my low WBC.  I'm scheduling vitamin b12 injections today!

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