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Should I be worried/Would you be worried?

  • 02-02-2019 12:00am
    #1
    honeybear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    Hope I'm in the right forum. 43 year old female. Last December, I visited my doctor as I had a light 3 week period and tummy pains (previous period hadn't been for 3 months.) Doctor felt tummy. He referred me for ovarian scan and I had bloods taken. I had my scan before Christmas and the consultant was happy ovaries were grand. She asked about my bloods. I replied that I had had them taken 2 weeks previously but had assumed all was grand as I hadn't heard from the doctor. She had no record of my bloods and said "Don't assume anything". She told me to keep a record of my periods (that'll be easy as I haven't had one since) and scheduled an appointment in June. Then today, out of the blue, my doctor rings me asking me to get bloods done in the next few weeks. I was a bit alarmed and asked was there anything amiss with my bloods from December. He repeated that my consultant had said the scan was clear. He said I was "pristine" (whatever that means in this context!). When pressed, he said my white cells were low and that could be due to a virus. I recall a blood test 2/3 years ago with low white cells. As I am a longtime vegetarian he mentioned possible low levels of B12. When I mentioned that my period hadn't returned he mentioned HRT. I'm in a bit of a panic given the lapse in time since bloods taken.


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  • #2
    Wesser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭Wesser


    No. Slight drop in white cells unlikely to be significant.
    Worrying isn't going to help anyway so no point worrying.


  • #3
    honeybear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,648 ✭✭✭honeybear


    Wesser wrote: »
    No. Slight drop in white cells unlikely to be significant.
    Worrying isn't going to help anyway so no point worrying.

    Thank you


  • #4
    byhookorbycrook
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,514 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    Early menopause could look like this.


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