Your white counts will go up and down. If I remember right they should hit bottom at about day 8-10 and then start to go back up.I landed in the hospital after my first chemo on day 7 with a ANC of 15 and a fever of 101 had serious IV antibiotics and had to be in isolation until my count hit 1000 .It didn't take as long as I thought it would only 3 days. After that I was nutropenic after every chemo. If your onc seems to be not paying attention to your counts make sure you ask every time.
Sometimes they can be low enough to delay chemo and other times they may just be low but within acceptable range.
If in doubt ask ask ask.
Good luck, Alice
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