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Posted 5/19/2024 12:23 AM (GMT 0)
I looked at my patient portal tonight and saw some very upsetting lab results. Everything‘s not back but:
Immature grans (abs) 0.10- high
Immature grans% was normal
I have had UC for 16yrs & I’ve been on Rinvoq for the past 2 1/2 years. I have stopped taking it six weeks ago and started Entyvio because my husband and I want to have another baby. This lab work was done Friday before my second Entyvio Infusion.
I am just so scared because when I googled it, of course it mentioned blood cancer. Does anybody have any thoughts or feedback?
I’m just hoping it’s because I have auto immune disorder and on these immunity suppressants.
My anxiety is out the roof and I have a message into my G.I. doctor
Posted 5/19/2024 12:53 AM (GMT 0)
What did it say the normal range was?
Posted 5/19/2024 1:10 AM (GMT 0)
Normal is 0-0.3
Mine is 0.10
😢
Posted 5/19/2024 6:25 AM (GMT 0)
I would wait until all of the lab work has been posted on your portal. I would not panic until you hear from the drs office.
Try not to cause yourself some unnecessary stress.

Take care.
Posted 5/19/2024 2:56 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Straydog. I've completely panicked about lab results only to have my doctor tell me "It's not a big deal." Either the results are not in the range where it indicates something dire (it's out of range but not to the extent out of range where it indicates cancer or liver failure or whatever I am panicking about), or she says it could be an anomaly so we need to retest in another month or two, and then indeed the number went back down to normal.
Posted 5/19/2024 5:00 PM (GMT 0)

UCjustsucks said...
Normal is 0-0.3
Mine is 0.10
😢

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.10 sounds like it's in normal range -- it's less than .3 but more than 0. What make you think that's high?
Posted 5/19/2024 8:38 PM (GMT 0)
My doctor messaged me and told me my labs look great! I had a sleepless night, but I will sleep really good tonight
Posted 5/19/2024 10:15 PM (GMT 0)
So glad it turned out ok.

I really hate when I do that.... Worry all the time before speaking to the doctor and then it's nothing.

Or those times when the results are really abnormal, we retest and they are ok..... Then you are retesting monthly for another 3 months just to make sure.
Posted 5/20/2024 4:32 PM (GMT 0)
CcinPa, I thought the same thing when I read this. They are right in the middle of the normal range. I thought maybe it was a typo and she meant 10 and not .10
Posted 5/20/2024 4:38 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks everyone
I wrote the incorrect normal range : it’s 0.03 not .3
I was worried because I researched & it said blood cancers.
My mom told me not to worry, it’s really not that high & everything else was fairly good.
I was still worried.
Seems like my anxiety has been very bad lately. I’m also an elementary school teacher and that doesn’t help.

Post Edited (UCjustsucks) : 5/20/2024 9:12:57 AM (GMT-8)

Posted 5/20/2024 10:24 PM (GMT 0)
Darn decimals lol. That makes a difference. I probably would have been a bit concerned too, but your % was normal so that is likely the more important number. Something to watch and see what it's like next time.
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