Worried about blood results?

[dawnmids]

Had my blood results today and doctor said my thyroid results was slightly low i think it was and my white blood cells was slightly low, he looked at  a graph of my previous tests and my white blood have been all over the place, the last test was a year ago and the white cells was high so no idea what is going on, i am worried i have the C word

[Evap]

I doubt that if you had cancer a year ago, you'd still be wondering if you have it. Stress and anxiety can knock our bodies way out of shape.

[LindaRK]

There is a "range" that the physicians go by.  The fact that your white count was way up last year could have been because of some sort of infection - something very minor, in fact.  Even a paper cut can cause our nodes to swell up and increase the white count.

[Hohum]

If your doctor isn't worried then try not to be too. White blood cells can fluctuate due to many reasons; you may have had an infection at the time of your last test and not even realised.  Also as LindaRK says, test results use a low-to-high range. Often results are towards the lower or upper ends of the range; it doesn't mean anything necessarily as the body is a living thing which fluctuates on a daily basis.

I had two concurrent blood tests where my potassium levels were off the charts (like 5 times the upper level of the range). In the end I went to the lab to have the sample collected and it came back fine - so never discount the impact that improper collection, storage and transport can have on a sample. I think you need to have blood drawn at the lab for the most accurate results - Doctors simply use the tests as an indicator to see if anything is REALLY obviously wrong, not a bit low here, or a bit high there.

Try not to worry!

[dawnmids]

he wants me to re test next week to see what the change will be, i am really worried, dont want to die this year i know i am sounding over the top, i think anxiety is embarrasing and takes over me, just concerned now having low white blood cells if i have some form of cancer, i am always tired and falling asleep, but suppose that maybe due to the under active thyroid