For Adult Women - Worksheet to Track Your Blood Health

For Adult Women

Worksheet - For Tracking Your Own Blood's Health WHY?

... and more to test for

RBC

Hemoglobin

Hematocrit

WBC

PTL

Blood in

Urine?

Backache?

How are your kidneys?

MCV

Mean Cell Volume

a special test -

dizzy? fainting?

CA-125 test

Normal Ranges

3.9-5.0

4.0-5.2

11-16

11.7-15.7

12-16

35-46

35-48

37-48

4.5-10.8

150-450

0-35

Before 1989

Date

Chart for lab's thorough blood tests

One calculation that is very important is the absolute cell count.

Often the first symptom of MCL is an above normal lymphocyte count,

which is discovered in a routine blood test.

"Normal blood counts are difficult to state as they vary with the age and sex of the patient

as well as where they live. Higher values are usually seen in people who live at higher elevations.

The reference ranges for each test will be printed on the laboratory report form and will be specific to your locale." However, it is to some degree subjective, given the mobility of our society.

More blood info

Fainting?

ONLY BORDERLINE NORMAL?

Askinq Questions of oncologists - hematologists - urologists

Ask your doctor to have the lab do a CBC (complete blood counts)

that gives the basic info (first 5 above) plus type of white blood cells....

It will give an indication of whether you may have been affected

by the oil or by the chemicals .... or both.... or neither....

but borderline might not mean OK.

Machines do most of these tests now a-days,

so especially ask the lab technician to comment on how the red blood cells look.

These people need MORE HELP!

Ask the lab technician to also check the reticulocyte count.

Have you been checked for Blood in Urine?

In addition to hemolysis and anemia,

coagulation and immunity should be investigated.

More Blood Info Do you have some of these symptoms? 8/1/03

Please request the information for doctors and their patients

who've worked with oil or chemicals containing 2-butoxyethanol

(oil spill cleanup, painting business, etc)

and something doesn't look right with your blood.

Get yourself checked out. Think about the future!

If you've been damaged from chemicals - report it