Blood Text Results

It seems like I am on here asking questions more frequently all the time.  This site has been a big help to me.  Especially the Witch doctor. My husband has hormone refractory prostate cancer and it is in his bones and the doctor told me yesterday that it is in the bone marrow although they have not done a test to prove that.  Blood counts are changing now and they did a lab test called Erythropoietin.  The reference range shows it should be 4.2 -27.8 and his came back at 137.  They said they could not give him an injection to help his red blood cells because this came back too high.  What does this really mean?  His last psa was 2177.38 and he is not taking chemo but is still on hormone injections.  His bones have been hurting more all the time too.  Some days he feels really good and continues to be active most of the time.  He seldom sits around in his chair.  Trying to make some decisions about some things.  How much time do we have to work with?

Lanell

Thank you for replying.  His HGB on 5-30-07 was 10.2.  His HCT was 29.5 and his RBC was 3.26.  This was done about one week from the date that he had received two units of blood to bring these counts up.  The lab report shows the 29.5 to be low but I understood the doctor to say he was doing ok and did not need blood.  The PLT was 119 on that report also.  Thanks for your help.  I think before they gave him the blood his HCT was 24 or 24.5. Thanks for all of your help. 

Lanell