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Good news for my wife?

Journal by Gaaark

My wife's white cell count has stopped doubling (she thought it was going to be at 60 from 30, but it's only at 45.... So, good news in a way...the next test in 3 months should show better? the progress.

Here's hoping it levels out and just becomes chronic and steady.
Fingers crossed.

 

Reply to: Re:okay?

    (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @09:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday May 19 2019, @09:05PM (#845338)

    Depends on the type of leukemia (there are four main types) they all have different limits of what is considered good and bad and for rate of change. My guess is that the doctors aren't sure if she has acute or chronic yet, based on the "doubling" metric he used. Normal levels depend on all sorts of things, including age, sex, general health, etc., but are in the general range of 3.5-10 Based on what I know, my estimate is that the line for "raised eyebrows" for someone in her state of health (minus the cancer) and demographic is around 8.5, or 11 if they are known to have an infection at the time of testing. The real question is what the differential and smear looks like.

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