Hello everyone, I am in a terrible state at the moment.
I won't go into details about my symptoms but I have reason to believe I may have Leukaemia, due to some odd blood readings.
I have had a very high ferritin reading since February and although my main red and white blood cells appear normal, the haematologist has noticed that my Basophil count is at .15 ( high is . ) and my monocyte is at .85 and high is 8, he has asked that the blood test be done using a' blood' film where the blood is examined by a human, rather than the 'auto' system where a machine is used.
As I said I do have other symptoms but wont bore anyone with those, anyone have any experience of blood results as above? I now high basophils can signal Leukaemia on reading about it but not sure what is classified as high, .15 doesn't sound a lot but in theory that 50% higher than the normal high reference point
As for the title of this post I truly believe that due to have a number of big CT scans has put me into a position which could have given me Leukaemia. Hence the question.
Hi ajc0454, just dropping in past from our Lymphoma Groups as your question did catch my eye.
I cant answer you first questions but as for CT scans there was a report a number of years back that some people, mostly children and young adults who have had lots of CTs have an increased risk of leukaemia.
Once I was diagnosed with NHL in 1999 I had CTs once a year and eventually a few a year for over 17 and was told by one Consultant Radiologist that I had a higher chance of this developing other cancers.
But my 14 years of skin treatments and 45 radiotherapy sessions puts me way up the skin cancer list.
Its all a roll of the dice, I wish you well.
