Hi,

I put this same post under another area, and no one replied, so I decided to put it here to see if anyone had any knowledge about the diff bloodwork. Leukemia was mentioned in some of the websites I looked at, which is why I chose to put this here, but I'm clueless when interpreting all of this. I hope someone can send me in the right direction. :

I'm new to the boards. I've been searching for information about bands and metamyelocytes in a CBC differential. Everything else looked normal, just a very slight increase in RDW.

I had surgery and the pre-surgery blood work showed 8% bands which appeared to fall in the normal range of 0-10% but the 1% metamyelocytes I've read aren't supposed to be there at all. (some websites indicate the bands aren't either?) The plat est was normal, and the morphology was normal.

Everything I can come up the way I understand it indicates serious problems. The anesthesiologist quizzed me to no end that morning because I had a fever - I've had a low grade fever ( around 100) for about a year.

Does anyone have any information or can explain it to me? I asked my surgeon, and he said to ask my regular doc. I don't want to make an appt and look like an idiot if it's nothing.

Help! I'm nervous~

myleocytes are muscle cells that are present in a blood test if there is some muscle wasting going on from extreme sudden weightloss. It is usally associated with illness but can also be associated with a person who is anorexic( is not eating nutritiously and burning muslce instead for fuel or is using stimulants such as crystal meth.) The anesthesiologists are put in a very dangerous position of putting some one under for a procedure and then having them wake up with no adverse reactions. If some one is using stimulants or other drugs for that matter without telling, which people will omit if it is illegal, then the anesthesiologist has to make adjustments. Most anesthesia is titered by weight of the individual and then adjusted according to the respiratory response of the individual. In saying all of this, if you have been having a low grade fever for a year, you could have a low grade muscle infection that affects the heart, lungs, kidneys or other organs that are directly affected by anesthesia.