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11-07-2015, 11:27 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: San Diego
Posts: 411
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How long did it take for WBC to be normal?
Hi everybody,
I recently had a blood test and my WBC is still below the normal range. It has been over a year since I've had any treatments and I would have thought that my WBC would be normal by now. I feel great and all my other blood work is fine.
How long did it take for your WBC to return to normal?
Thanks for your responses!
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8/2013 Diagnosed IDC Left Breast ER-/PR-/HER2+ Stage 3C, DCIS ER+/PR+/HER2- Right Breast (54 yr)
8/2013 PET/CT scan shows mass in uterues and suprclavicular nodes
8/20/13 Begin 6 rounds TCH chemo, Perjeta added for rounds 4-6
9/2013 After 1st round of chemo, mass in neck and breast no longer able to feel
11/2013 Hysterectomy, mass from PET/CT scan not cancer (adenomylosis)
12/2013 Finished chemo
1/2014 Double mastectomy with chest expanders
1/2014 Pathology report from surgery and SNB show complete pathological response!
3/2014 Finish IMRT radiation
8/2014 Fat transfer to radiated breast
8/2014 Completed 1 yr of Herceptin
10/2014 exchange surgery expanders removed implants placed
6/2015 3D nipple and areola tattoos
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11-07-2015, 02:30 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 437
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Re: How long did it take for WBC to be normal?
hi there from another stage IIIC.
My wbcs are still a bit low. it's common after chem, and my onc says sometimes they never bounce back totally. i am good with that.
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Linda
Dxed Stage IIIC May 05, 12 pos nodes
er/pr -neg,Her -pos
LVI
Right partial mast & partial axillary dissection-June14,2005
Right modified mast-no clear margins- June 30, 2005
DD AC x4
Taxotere X4 with Herceptin
Rads x 35( 5 fields )
Left prophylactive mast( atypia & hyperplasia found ),
put on Tamoxifen x 1 yr; D/ced due to endometrial thickening
bilateral recon (saline implants)May 06
Nipple recon July 06
metformin 2010
removal of implants due to severe encapsulation, insertion of gummies 2013
Reclast Q yr
NED!!!
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11-07-2015, 11:29 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Canada
Posts: 2,193
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Re: How long did it take for WBC to be normal?
I am still below normal and will probably stay that way. Normal is 4 and I am 3.6.
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PinkGirl
Dx Aug/05 at age 51
2cm. Stage 2A, Grade 3
ER+/PR-
Her2 +++
Sept 7/05 Mastectomy
4 FAC, 4 Taxol, no radiation
1 year of Herceptin
Tamoxifen for approx. 4 months,
Arimidex for 5 years
Prophylactic mastectomy June 22/09
" I yam what I yam." - Popeye
My Photo Album
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11-08-2015, 09:20 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: Seattle, WA
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Re: How long did it take for WBC to be normal?
Mine are a little low too. No concern from my docs. Unintended side effects of chemo is what I've heard on patient forums.
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- Dx 2/14 3b HER2+/HR- left breast, left axilla, internal mammary node (behind breast bone). Neoadjuvant TCHP 3/14-7/2. PCR 8/14 LX and SND. 10/21-12/9 Proton therapy to chest wall.
- Dx 7/20/15 cerebellar met 3.5x5cm HER2+/HR-/GATA3+ 7/23/15 Craniotomy.
- 7/29/15 bone scan clear. 8/3/15 PET clean scan. LINAC SRS (5 fractions) Sept 2015. 9/17/15 CSF NED, 9/24/15 CSF NED, 11/2/15 CSF NED.
- 10/27/15 atypical uptake in right cerebellum - inflammation?
- 12/1/15 Leptomeningeal dx. Starting IT Herceptin.
- 1/16 - 16 fractions of tomotherapy to cerebellum, break of IT Herceptin during rads, resume at 100 mg weekly
- 3/2016 - stable scan
- 5/2016 stable scan
- 7/2016 pseudoprogression?
- 9/2016 more LM, start new chemo protocol and IV therapy treatment with HBOT
- 11/2016 Cyberknife to temporal lobe, HBOT just prior
- 12/2016 - lesions starting to show shrinkage
- 8/2017 - Stable since Dec 2016. Temporal lobe lesion gone.
- Using TCM, naturopathic oncology, physical therapy, chiro, massage, medical qigong, and energetic healing modalities in tandem. Stops at nothing.
- Mother of 2 boys - ages 7 and 10 (8/2017) and a lovely partner with lots to live for.
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11-08-2015, 10:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Posts: 463
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Re: How long did it take for WBC to be normal?
Me too, always low (usually in the 3K range). However, I have not been sick more than normal -- rarely more than a few mild colds a year. So I figure my immune system must still be capable of mounting a good response, when needed. And that's what's important.
During treatment, I was neutropenic a lot (lots of neupogen). My onc said I was "one of the worst" in this regard. I don't know if that's connected to ongoing low WBCs.
Debbie Laxague
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3/01 ~ Age 49. Occult primary announced by large (6cm) axillary node, found by my husband.
4/01 ~ Bilateral mastectomies (LMRM, R elective simple) - 1.2cm IDC was found at pathology. 5 of 11 axillary nodes positive, largest = 6cm. Stage IIIA
ERPR 5%/1% (re-done later at Baylor, both negative at zero).
HER2neu positive by IHC and FISH (8.89).
Lymphovascular invasion, grade 3, 8/9 modified SBR.
TX: Control of arm of NSABP's B-31 adjuvant Herceptin trial (no Herceptin, inducing a severe case of Herceptin-envy): A/C x 4 and Taxol x 4 q3weeks, then rads. Raging infection of entire chest after small revision of mastectomy scar after completing tx (significance unknown). Arimidex for two years, stopped after second pathology opinion.
2017: Mild and manageable lymphedema and some cognitive issues.
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11-08-2015, 10:40 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2014
Location: San Diego
Posts: 411
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Re: How long did it take for WBC to be normal?
Thanks for your responses ladies! It is reassuring to know that it isn't unusual to have low wbc. I guess I was thinking they would return to normal after treatments were over. Thanks again. You all have eased my mind!
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8/2013 Diagnosed IDC Left Breast ER-/PR-/HER2+ Stage 3C, DCIS ER+/PR+/HER2- Right Breast (54 yr)
8/2013 PET/CT scan shows mass in uterues and suprclavicular nodes
8/20/13 Begin 6 rounds TCH chemo, Perjeta added for rounds 4-6
9/2013 After 1st round of chemo, mass in neck and breast no longer able to feel
11/2013 Hysterectomy, mass from PET/CT scan not cancer (adenomylosis)
12/2013 Finished chemo
1/2014 Double mastectomy with chest expanders
1/2014 Pathology report from surgery and SNB show complete pathological response!
3/2014 Finish IMRT radiation
8/2014 Fat transfer to radiated breast
8/2014 Completed 1 yr of Herceptin
10/2014 exchange surgery expanders removed implants placed
6/2015 3D nipple and areola tattoos
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11-08-2015, 02:05 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
Posts: 1,744
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Re: How long did it take for WBC to be normal?
yes, my WBC counts run low now, so I think of it as just another "new normal" for me!!! I am not sick much, never was sick much before BC. I "come down" with things like severe osteoporosis, breast cancer, appendicitis...!!!!!
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Suzan W.
age 54 at diagnosis
5/05 suspicious mammogram-left breast
5/05 biopsy-invasive lobular carcinoma with LCIS,8mm tumor,stage 1 grade 2, ER+ PR+ Her2+++
6/14/05 bilateral mastectomy, node neg. all scans neg.
Oncotype DX-high risk
8/05-10/05 4 rounds A/C
10/05 -10/06 1 yr. herceptin
arimidex-5 years
2/14/08 started daily self administered injections..FORTEO for severe osteoporosis
7/28/09 BRCA 1 negative BRCA2 POSITIVE
8/17/09 prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy
10/15/10 last FORTEOinjection
RECLAST infusion(ostoeporosis)
6/14/10 5 year cancerversary!
8/2010-18%increase in bone density!
no further treatments
Oncologist says, "Go do the Happy Dance"
I say,"What a long strange trip its been"
'One day at a time'
6-14-2015. 10 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!
7-16 to 9-16. Extensive (and expensive) dental work done to save teeth. Damage from osteoporosis and chemo and long term bisphosphonate use
6-14-16. 11 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
7-20-16 Prolia injection for severe osteoporosis
2 days later, massive hive outbreak. This led to an eventual dx of Chronic Ideopathic Urticaria, an auto-immune disease from HELL.
6-14-17 12 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!!
still suffering from CIU. 4 hospitilizations in the past year
as of today, 10-31-17 in remission from CIU and still, CANCER FREE!!!
6-14-18 13 YEAR CANCERVERSARY!! NED!!
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