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CA-125 through the roof - 2,847.
Gynecologic Cancers | Last Active: Sep 18 11:14am | Replies (16)Comment receiving replies
Two things to consider when deciding whether or not to get a blood transfusion: if your hemoglobin is lower than 7, for a few weeks or more, you could have a heart attack. Or if you had a serious injury with bleeding, you would bleed out much faster than someone with a normal blood count. A transfusion can be necessary even when you don’t feel terribly fatigued. Just sayin’.
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Thank you for responding. If push comes to shove, and my oncologist felt strongly I need it, then I would certainly consider. I've been on several chemo "cocktails" over the last two and a half years, and they do blood work on me before every treatment. A lot of things in my blood work readings read "low", and some "high", and I have asked my oncologist about it, but they tell me they keep a close watch on it all. I think these two new chemo drugs I started, Gemzar and Cisplatin, are pretty potent (according to UVA doc), and may have contributed to low white/red blood cell counts. I also dealt with a nose bleed several days last week that finally got under control two days before the blood work they did this past week. I'm hoping my white blood cell count is back to normal range, as that is the one I think was the problem. It was down to 1, and normal starts at 4.