Neutrophils 3700

I was guessing 1700 / uL, with a little false bravado, actually just hoping they would be over 1000, so I was shocked to see the smiling nurse with the printout showing 3700, nine times as many as yesterday ' s count of 400. Yesterday the doctor and nurses were concerned about neutropenia, asking me how I felt. Based on prior experience, however, I believed that the neutrophils were there all along, just not measurable for some reason. After a good night ' s sleep they have to be teased out of hiding, or out of some other phase, or whatever neutrophils do. Note: I am not a doctor - what happens to neutrophils overnight is WAY above my pay grade - I am making this up! Sort of - here isan article discussing it. Good subject for study, because I ' m sure that there are people who DO know. Anyway the threshold for proceeding with the infusion was 1000 / uL, so here we go full speed ahead. I ' m already in the chair, waiting for the prednisone to drain into me - the Darzalex can ' t be started for another hour after that. These things happened between yesterday ' s blood draw and today ' s:Last night I took 20 mg of dexamethasone (DEX), and skipped one dose of Pomalyst. I think this may be the most important factor in improving the neutrophil count. This morning my fasting blood glucose was 143, normally about 90. That is a proven DEX effect, of course, and I wonder if that alone can affect neutrophils.This morning I got up well ahead o...
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