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This question was answered on Tue 10, Jun 2008 07:00pm by Dr Paul S, MD

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Asked by itsnotallaboutme (Female; 43 ) on Tue 10, Jun 2008 05:59pm

I have Lab weekly. I do not understand exectly what things are looked at in my blood work. All I understand is that my white counts(infection fighting) are checked..red counts(anemia,etc) are checked..platelets are checked..blood oxygen levels... But what else is checked???

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Answer by Dr Paul S, MD  on Tue 10, Jun 2008 07:00pm:

Hi there. The blood counts are just employed to monitor the side effects of and your eligibility for chemotherapy. The primary purpose of the blood counts before or anytime during the chemotherapy sessions is to check the parameters you mentioned. Your chemotherapy regimen may cause a decrease in white cell, red cell, and platelet counts, and your doctors would want to catch these side effects so that this can be treated and addressed adequately. If your counts are unacceptably low before your planned chemotherapy, then the doctor may want to postpone the session, or give medications to elevate the counts (G-CSF for low white counts, Erythropoietin of low red counts, or thrombopoietin for low platelet counts). After all the chemotherapy sessions are done, your blood counts would recover naturally and eventually achieve pre-chemotherapy levels. I hope your treatments will go as uneventful as possible. Take care and God bless.

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Comment by itsnotallaboutme on Tue 10, Jun 2008 07:14pm: Thank you for your prompt answer. I've had two of six treatments, and so far have had no major side effects. I have to say that the chemo is not as bad as I had anticipated. I thank God, good doctors, and modern advances in medicine. Again, thank you for answering my question.

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