I asked at our hospital blood laboratory whether the 'RETIC ratio' was something that showed up whenever blood was drawn.

"NO" it is a test that is ordered specially. (about $53 in our area) The lab tech said any doctor someone has seen in the state could order from them blood-work, and people who live close by could have the draw locally.

I believe that will give a strong indication as to whether the chemical 2-butoxyethanol or diethylene glycol monobutyl ether is a chemical exposure you need to be concerned with.
valdezlink.com/hb_2-B_causes.htm
valdezlink.com/acute.htm
valdezlink.com/check_blood.htm#retic

And also, you can call any place you have had blood drawn, or your records from past doctor visits to fill in your own RBC, WBC and PTL past history

Here are a couple other basic charts to help you along: valdezlink.com/men.htm or valdezlink.com/women.htm

You can ask them also to mail you copies, but a chart is very helpful to you and to any future doctors.

Even get the info of how healthy your blood was before you went into the service, too

Check to see if anywhere along the line there has been a check on kidney function and liver function

In future, please be sure to ask the lab tech to comment on your red blood cells. Sometime lab work is done all by computers? You are asking for a person to look thru the microscope and make comment.

This is a favorite 'overview page' valdezlink.com/generic.htm

Right on!