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Latest blood work just in

And so far it's mostly good news.

My creatinine (kidney function) and platelets are well within the normal range, as they always been, my LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase) dropped to 112, which is about 20% lower than it has been for better than a year, and my hemoglobin has pretty much remained where it has been for the last two years, hovering around 12 g/dl.

My CBC (complete blood count) though is another story, and a bit confusing. My WBC (White Blood Cell) count was up [which is bad], and my absolute lymphocytes were down [which is good], but my monocytes were up [which is bad].

It seems, whenever an AUTO CBC (the machine does all the counting) is performed, the machine likes to count some of the lymphocytes as monocytes. At least that's my opinion, because if my monocytes were really as high as indicated, I would be dealing with other issues, which I'm not.

But it doesn't really matter so much anyways, since in either case, at worst my MCL is stable [which is a good thing].

So I think I've got a few good months [hopefully years] still left in me.
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vreni said…
Hi Marc,

Seems overall to be good news, no? Feeling good has to count for something too! I imagine you have many good years left.

I'm pulling for you! :)
5:50 AM
Tricia said…
Woot! Stable is always good. :)
12:26 AM
Marc said…
Yeah, I know, but being the contrarian/pessimist that I am, I have the unique ability to find the dark cloud in every situation. :)
6:43 AM
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