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How Low Blood Counts Can Go While Undergoing Chemo?
I am wondering about healthy blood counts while undergoing chemo and how low it can go. I am 50% done with a 4 treatment regimine for breast cancer. I am 48, about 130lbs, my license says 5' but thats pushing it. I am a week out of second chemo, today my hemoglobin was 11.2, wbc 4.5 and platelet 291. My oncologist said its all good, but I am curious about to see if it is on low side and how low it can go with my treatments.
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There is lowering of counts immediately after chemo but in the intervals between regimes body makes up that to near normal levels , also supportive medicines are given for building up hemoglobin and diet modificatios done.you may enquire and follow up with your oncologist or a general physician with whom you should be in touch,This can be monitored.
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