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Cecy.... are you by chance in remission?
Since I neared, and now am in remission, my WBCs have been low. My oncologist explains it as my immune system having been damaged by both the CLL and treatment. Avg. is 4-10, mine has been hanging around 6-7 ish.
My hemoglobin has been of concern. It had climbed to 19, with 13-17 being normal. I have had 3 blood lettings, where the infusion nurses will remove a unit of blood. It sounds like the old days of attaching leaches, but it's pretty much like donating blood... which I used to do all the time.
My oncologist is having me do a sleep study to see if I have a sleep disorder, which is the most likely problem. If not that, it could be a more serious issue, and attention might go to my liver.
But it could be many other things, so just like with leukemia, everybody reacts differently. I don't think both low WBCs and high Hemoglobin is interconnected. But then.... I'm a chef and not a hemotologist , but I'm fortunate to have good doctors that enjoy explaining things to me. Fifteen years ago I would probably need a dictionary to spell leukemia. Now it's a big part of my life.
Stay tenacious
A low white blood cell count (leukopenia) means your body's ability to fight infections may be impaired. When WBC counts are low, you may be more susceptible to infections and your body might not show normal infection symptoms since there aren't enough white blood cells to mount a typical immune response.
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