CancerCompass message board discussion started by Defjoeb on 1/17/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,19815,0.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi, my 85 year old mother was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia-like symptoms on Thursday her white blood count was 23,000, on Friday it was 24,000 and by the following Wednesday it was up to 137,000. She told us that her GP said that while they're looking at leukemia, but you need to have a white blood count of 140,000 to be diagnosed with it, so doesn't have it yet. Does this sound at all accurate? If a normal white blood count is 4,000-11,000, isn't 137,000 dangerously high and the rate that it's climbing frighteningly fast? We're wondering if it's more serious than she's letting on and just trying to warm everyone up to the idea that she has leukemia. Any thoughts? She said she'll know more next month when she goes back to the GP (why a whole month and why the GP and not an oncologist?) Thanks in advance. Joe Defjoeb Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT Unfortunately I don't know enough to add any kind of advice but I see no one has responded to this post in months and just wanted to send my sincere best wishes to you and your mother going thru this difficult time. FriendofAngela Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT