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by lynne1276, Jun 25, 2008 11:28AM
I'm worried sick about my mom. Let me start off by saying that her wbc has been really low for years. Probably more than ten. They have done numerous tests and have found nothing. They have chalked it up to a chronic low white count. Less than a year ago her platelet count showed up low. They re tested a week later because she had been sick and it went up a little so they said with her history they would just watch her. Around that same time she had pain in her groin area and thought she had a hernia or a pulled muscle. She just now went to the doctor for it and turns out its her lymphnodes that are swollen. She has about five in her groin area on the same side swollen. They are painful and uncomfortable. Tommorrow they are taking out the largest one and sending it for a biopsy. I'm a nervous wreck. I'm 31 but not prepared to loose my mom just yet. We have no history in our family anywhere of cancer and she has no other symptoms at all. I am usually on the maternal board and this is my first visit to this one. If anyone could give me some insight (good or bad) I would appreciate it.
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I understand your situation. These findings are indeed beyond comfort and the pain of waiting for the biopsy result would prove more harder to endure. Ideas that I can conjure regarding the underlying cause would be the lymphomas (or malignancy in the lymph nodes). This may explain the other findings of low counts. Her bone marrow should also be examined for this and look for the presence of these lymphoma cells. Another possibility is myelodysplastic syndrome which is a primary bone marrow disorder that can present with low counts. Lymphoma is a curable disease. I hope that the biopsy will come out soon.
Regards.