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Polycythemia advice

Vicky_b
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Hi

Im looking for advice from.anyone with polycythemia. 

These are blood test results from last june & last week. Polycythemia has been mentioned & I wondered what you thought. Do these results look like yours? Thankyou

                     Jun17 & Jan18

Haemoglobin 154 & 154 (120-150)
Haematocrit .466 & .455 (0.36-0.46)
Mean cell vol  83.4 & 82.4  (83-101)
Red cell count 5.59 & 5.52  (3.8-4.8)

 

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  • Welcome to Cancer Chat Vicky.

    There are a few members on the forum that have polycythaemia - [@Lovetanzanite]‍, [@Inglehufrst]‍ and [@Sabre]‍ - but as they are not medically trained they can only share their experiences with you so do stay in touch with your medical team to get any medical related questions or concerns answered. 

    Our cancer nurses are available to chat to as well if you'd like to discuss this with them. Their freephone number is 0808 800 4040 and are available between 9a.m - 5p.m, Monday - Friday.

    Kind regards, 

    Steph, Cancer Chat Moderator

  • Offline in reply to Moderator Steph
    Thankyou. I saw a different dr yesterday & he said these 4 results have been out of the normal range for at least 10 years. But he said they are not a concern as they are only just outside the range & with polycythemia they are far more outside so they wont take any action. Any advice please? Thanks
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