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#37858 09-22-2004 06:13 AM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 Gold Member (100+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 116 | I have had a low white blood count for 4 mos out of the past 6 mos post my IMRT. The doc says they don't have much facts on how long it may stay low especially after IMRT which has stronger doses that are absorbed in the bone. Has any one had low white counts, did you have IMRT and how long did it last until the white count went to normal?
SCC R-Tonsil T2 NO MO Dec 2003. Completed IMRT Radiation only to tonsils(72Gy) and neck(55Gy)March 04. Detected at age 50.
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#37859 09-22-2004 12:39 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Yeah - me too. I had low red cell counts also - makes me wonder what was floating around in there! 1 1/2 years later it's still low. Doc says it may never go back to "normal". At least the red cell counts normal again...
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#37860 09-22-2004 01:45 PM | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 528 | Hello John My white count is still low 17 months out from radiation (not IMRT). Not unexpected according to the docs  . Love and light from Helen
RHTonsil SCC Stage IV tx completed May 03
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#37861 09-22-2004 03:08 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 541 | There was a serious drop in my white blood cell count during the latter half of my treatment of conventional radiation and cisplatin. Like Gary, the red cell count was also low. The low reading of both lasted about 2 years and after that it is climbing gradually.Both started to hit the normal range and remain stable up to now. Maybe the effect of IMRT is more serious, I guess.
Karen.
Karen stage 4B (T3N3M0)tonsil cancer diagnosed in 9/2001.Concurrent chemo-radiation treatment ( XRT x 48 /Cisplatin x 4) ended in 12/01. Have been in remission ever since.
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#37862 09-23-2004 12:19 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 102 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 102 | My husband's white count is still low, 4 years post treatment. However, since treatment he has only had one cold, nothing else. Remarkable considering we have three kids at home that always pick up something at school.
Think his new low count is just his new normal.
Julie
Wife to Kelly
SSC tonsil Stage IV
July 2000
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