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Confusing blood tests

Confusing blood tests

I've had health issues since 1997 when I developed GBS during pregnancy that turned septic and I almost died.

Since then, I've been to several different doctors trying to find out what's wrong with me and haven't gotten any answers.  1998 my GYN treated Hypothyroidism with Synthroid for a year; a new doctor said I was within "normal" range and didn't need the med any longer and my other doctors don't think my TSH is high enough to be treated.

Background: my mother developed breast cancer age 38; died at age 52 - my father developed Hodgkin's Lymphoma in his 60's and died at age 67.  I was told by a dr that I needed to rule out these things because I had some "worrisome" test results, but he also said since I'm only 43 I really shouldn't worry about it too much? what tests rule out blood disorders such as Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myloma?

Does any of my blood work look out of normal? Even though I've used the same lab 7/9 times there are different "normals" listed on my results, so I'm a bit confused.

WBC            8.7   9.2    6.8    5.5    7.0    8.0   7.7    9.47  8.4
RBC             3.64  4.45  4.34  4.14  4.53          4.48  4.09  4.62
Hemoglobin  10.7  13.1  12.8  12.4  13.0  13.3  13.1   11.7 13.4
Hematocrit   32.2  38.9    38   35.7  38.7   40.0  39.7  35.9   42
MCV            88.0  87.4   87.6  86.0 85.4          89.0   87.8   91
MCH        29.4  29.5   29.5   29.8   28.8           29.4   28.6   29
MCHC     33.2   33.7 33.6   34.5   33.7           33.1   32.6  31.9
RDW       14.1  13.3 13.9   13.1   12.6          13.8   13.1  13.6
Platelets  189   208 207    178     190   165    165  154   223
Neutrophils      63.0    62.7    49     59.9            67    55.6   68
Lymphs           29.1    29.9    38     30.4           23     34.1   24
Monocytes       6.8      5.7     10      7.8       8      9.2     7
EOS                0.9      1.3      2       1.1       1      0.6     1
Basos              0.2      0.4      1       0.9       1      0.5     0
Neutrophils (ABS)5.78  4.26   2.7      4.2           5.3    5.23   5.6
Lymphs (ABS)     2.67  2.03  2.1       2.1           1.8    3.23   2.0
Mono (ABS)        0.63   0.6   0.5                        0.6    0.87  0.6
EOS (ABS)         0.83  0.88  0.1        0.1           0.1     0.06  0.1
Baso (ABS)        0.18  0.27  0.1        0.1            0.1    0.05  0.0

ALT    28  17  14  22  34  29
AST   20  15  16  16  21  21

TSH 4.48 4.91    3.709      4.07
T4 7.0     7.33
T4-F                          1.0
T3 (uptake) 29

Also, none of these labs use the AACE recommendation of TSH 0.3-3.0, so how do I get a proper diagnosis and treatment for hypo?

thank you in advance for any help and answers =)
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oppps sorry I think that should say - my father had Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (non curable type that spreads throught the lymph nodes)
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