A good few years ago in my 20's, i had suspected polycythaemia (high red blood count). I only noticed it because i got a superficial blood clot.

Anyway, after a battery of tests spanning months, it was determined i didn't have polycythaemia. Something a couple of haematologists, and my own gp pressed home during all this, was blood counts. Most of the blood counts contained within blood panels are done through averages on the general population. It means the vast majority of people fall within these counts. Whether it be on the low end, middle or high end. But there are a fair few people who just naturally fall outside of these counts, and their counts are normal for them.

9 years is an awfully long time to have counts outside of those averages show up and nothing to date picked up. Has it ever been said to you that this might just be normal for you? My red blood count is always towards the high end, yet here I am decades later with no issues, and no sinister blood cancer.