I’ve been on this forum a long time and I wanted to see if there were any doctors or Hematologists that regularly visit that could help me out with some recent blood test.
- 28
- Male
- 6 Foot
- 165 Lbs
- Caucasian
My annual physical didn’t go as planned this year. When I went in I let my doctor know that my lymph nodes (multiple ones) felt a bit swollen under my neck and that my abdomen (in different places) had been aching for the last two weeks.
They decided to do some blood-work (CBC and CMP) and I got the results to the CBC immediately. If you look here, you can see that I have low WBC, RBC, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, and Lymph. The CMP can be seen here, which came back normal for the most part (other than A/G ratio).
Now, after this scare I put together a chart of ALL my blood work from the last 8 years which can be seen here. As you can see, the CBC at my latest appointment is all messed up and has low WBC, RBC, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Lymph (and the Platelets really dropped off from my normal).
For the last 8 years my doctor has sent my blood work to the same lab to be reviewed (which normally takes 2 days), BUT, at this visit they did the CBC in their office in about 5 minutes. They actually sent the CMP away, which came back normal...so now I'm wondering if this could be a "bad" test or if my CBC is really that messed up?
Next steps are taking place this week -
- Get CT scan of my abdomen/pelvis and neck with contrast
- Meet with hematologist
Can anyone give me some insight into my situation? I'm obviously very scared of having leukemia or lymphoma...but my doctor mentioned I could be anemic, but I'm not so sure since my WBC is also down.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
PS - I have been hit with very random "spells" of light-headedness that has probably taken place over the last 5 months. I'm not sure if that helps identify anything (in addition to the aching abdomen and swollen lymph nodes).
- 28
- Male
- 6 Foot
- 165 Lbs
- Caucasian
My annual physical didn’t go as planned this year. When I went in I let my doctor know that my lymph nodes (multiple ones) felt a bit swollen under my neck and that my abdomen (in different places) had been aching for the last two weeks.
They decided to do some blood-work (CBC and CMP) and I got the results to the CBC immediately. If you look here, you can see that I have low WBC, RBC, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, and Lymph. The CMP can be seen here, which came back normal for the most part (other than A/G ratio).
Now, after this scare I put together a chart of ALL my blood work from the last 8 years which can be seen here. As you can see, the CBC at my latest appointment is all messed up and has low WBC, RBC, Hemoglobin, Hematocrit, Lymph (and the Platelets really dropped off from my normal).
For the last 8 years my doctor has sent my blood work to the same lab to be reviewed (which normally takes 2 days), BUT, at this visit they did the CBC in their office in about 5 minutes. They actually sent the CMP away, which came back normal...so now I'm wondering if this could be a "bad" test or if my CBC is really that messed up?
Next steps are taking place this week -
- Get CT scan of my abdomen/pelvis and neck with contrast
- Meet with hematologist
Can anyone give me some insight into my situation? I'm obviously very scared of having leukemia or lymphoma...but my doctor mentioned I could be anemic, but I'm not so sure since my WBC is also down.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!
PS - I have been hit with very random "spells" of light-headedness that has probably taken place over the last 5 months. I'm not sure if that helps identify anything (in addition to the aching abdomen and swollen lymph nodes).