Hi, does anyone know if it's common for bandsters to have elevated WBCs? I felt tired, so I had a CBC done because I thought I maybe anemic. The good news is that I'm not anemic, but my WBCs were elevated (15.8), which means I have some kind of infection. My family doctor and I could not figure out the source of this infection...I feel completely perfectly fine and nothing hurts. Just had a check up with my Bariatric doctor a couple of weeks ago to get a slight unfill and he said everything looked good. My family doctor was thinking maybe the "infection" and high WBCs are due to having a foreign body inside of me?? Has anyone experienced this??

How often prior to banding did you get blood tests? I ask because I was subjected to multiple blood tests for a myriad of issues from pre-op tests to regular blood tests with the PCP to blood taken for the RA and other health issues way before being banded. Turns out my WBC is always high. At first they also presumed an infection but after extensive testing, it was determined that no infection exists and my normal baseline WBC just runs high.

Perhaps that is your issue as well? As far as I know, my WBC has not gotten any higher since being banded.

I didnt get tested a lot, but I'm sure I had all the required labs in July 2012 before my surgery. The doctor didn't say anything about it, so I assume everything was ok then.