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11-09-2011
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I'm trying to be chill and check my anxiety...
I have a dr appt tomorrow morning to follow up on bloodwork done a week or two ago. My OB ordered the labs due to excessive bleeding. Dr checked for thyroid changes and anemia. I saw the lab results today and see everything is normal except for my neutrophils. Last time (in late August) I had bloodwork done they were low too. Now I'm worked up thinking something potentially serious is going on. I don't really know what I'm looking for with this post...thoughts? Reassurance? The power of BBB positive thinking and prayers? No idea but I'm worried and I hate this feeling!
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11-09-2011
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Wish I knew enough to be reassuring but good luck and lot of PT for you.
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Victoria Mommy to A 8/06 "Mommy, I don't even understand what you are trying to say, I am doing what I am supposed to be doing right now."
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11-09-2011
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P&PT coming your way! Every time I work myself up about something, it ends up being no big deal. Hoping this is the case for you too!
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Stacy Wife to K Mommy to A (5) and twins E & S (1.5) The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less. - Anna Quindlen
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11-09-2011
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I don't know anything about neutrophils, but I do know from years of dealing with my thyroid that often what the lab classifies as an "abnormal" result, and what a doctor thinks is abnormal are two different things. I wouldn't worry too much - if the doctor was truly alarmed, they probably would have called you the minute they got the results to order follow-up testing.
Good luck!
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Green Tea, mom to 3: DD1 - 10 DD2 - 8.5 DS - 6.5
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11-09-2011
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Don't google it! Dr. Google is not your friend. He once diagnosed me with shingles, when it was in fact, skin itchy due to being a little dry.
I think the best course when you're in a "nervous but nothing to do but wait" is distract yourself with a funny tv show or book. Get one of those audible.com free trials and download the Tina Fey book. It's funny  And good luck tomorrow!
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11-10-2011
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P & Pt for you!
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--------- A-M happy mother to DD1, 7/08 & DD2, 2/12 charter member of the BBB I Love Brussels Sprouts Society, 1/11 I believe in the power of BBB Good Mojo. ---------
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11-10-2011
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Easier said than done, but try not to worry until you definitely have something to worry about! I don't know much, but I think neutrophils are much more of a concern when they're high than when they're low. The doc is probably just keeping tabs on anemia due to the bleeding. Hope you get an encouraging result... thinking of you!
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mom to my little boogie girl (11/09)  "I guess that's the real circle of life. Your parents faked their way through it, you fake your way through it, and hopefully you don't raise a serial killer." --Phil Dunphy, Modern Family
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11-10-2011
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I'm speaking as a laboratory technologist who specializes in hematology. I would only be concerned if my neutrophil levels were consistently below 40%. If your WBC is fine, I wouldn't worry at all. And I'm a worrier!
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