low white blood cell count

[1904]

I am in my 9 th week of treatment my:                                                                                                                
WBC was 2.2  
RBC 3.30
Platelet count 13
neutrophils 528
eosinophils 2
TSH, 3RD generation 0.29

My question is? are my numbers about the same as the rest of you in weeek 9?

[CMcH]

I just had my 8th shot and my labs started to tank week 4-6. I had to take some rescue drugs a couple shots of Procrit and Neupogen. In a recent post I have them listed. TSH is the Thyroid I believe and I had problems with that before TX. I had to get it stabilized before starting just to have it go out of whack again as I knew it would. From what I read that is common also. Just stay on top of your labs with your provider. Hopefully you are getting seen often. I am still going every 2 weeks for labs and have been referred to an Endocrinologist for the Thyroid. Take good care of yourself and get plenty of rest.

[joemc34606]

Your neutrophils are very low, they should be over 1000. You should ask your doctor about nuepogen to raise you wbc. D not let them lower your dose because of your blood count.

[Kristina538]

Thks for the informative post - I always wondered where the ANC came from and can now put it in my chart :-)

[Trinity4]

WBC 2.2  low             (Normal is 4.5 - 10.5)
RBC  3.30  low           (Normal 3.86-5.18)
Platelet  133  low        (Normal 140-440)
Neutrophils  528?        Don't know about that (normal is 47-75)  
eosinophils 2  normal   (0.5-7.8
Don't know about the TSH

Looks like your numbers are doing the usual trip downstairs but not critical at this point.    ANC is important (absolute neutrophils) which is calculated neutrophils x WBC.  That is why I don't understand you neutrophil number - too high.  If ANC is too low - neupogen is in order.  If RBC drops too low - procrit.  Low platelets - not much you can do for that.  Has your doctor discussed any rescue drugs if numbers keep dropping?  I had peg reduction at week 9.  ANC went to 600 but came back up so no rescues and resumed full dosage.  Hopefully, your doctor is keeping a good eye on your numbers but most of us experience the drops - very unpredictable.
Trin