50 yr old son had 6 cycles of FCR in 2017. In complete remission over a year. Recent wbc and platelets way down. What is happening?

[jumper23]

Back to onco-hemo dr in 2weeks. BWB biopsy will be needed if counts do not go up. Son feels fine. Any thoughts?

[Cllcanada Top Poster CURE Hero]

Where are his absolute neutrophil count and absolute lymphocyte count, what do you consider 'way down' for the platelets?

~chris

[jumper23 in reply to Cllcanada]

abs neut.--1.7 abs lymphs.--0.7 platelets--97 wbc--2.7 I meant BMB Thanks

[Cllcanada Top Poster CURE Hero in reply to jumper23]

Platelet counts under 50 is low, mine were recently 18, very low, and my neutrophils were zero...

I don,'t see much cause for concern... but I'm not a doctor.. just a patient....FCR can have a late effect, but probably a BMB would be best to assess his marrow...

~chris

[jumper23 in reply to Cllcanada]

I have been an avid follower of this site for 16 months and a very concerned mom.Thank you for your reply.

[AussieNeil Administrator in reply to jumper23]

I agree with Chris about those results not being of immediate concern, That a BMB will be done if they don't recover shows that his specialist is providing adequate monitoring.

Neil

[Canuck901 in reply to jumper23]

Those numbers aren’t bad

[jumper23 in reply to Canuck901]

Since my son's remission all numbers were good these lower values are worrisome. However, my son continues working ,planning and playing. It took him about a year to come out of a deep depression after CLL moved in. Thank you Maybe I will not be alone anymore.