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I've been waiting 8 months for the surgery, been on this stupid liquid diet for 8 days already and the doc calls and says we need to postpone the surgery ???? My blood work shows elevated wbc, but I have no signs of infection so they want me to see a hematologist before I have the surgery. I know its better safe than sorry, but it really sucks. I'm betting it'll be AT LEAST another 2 months! Hematology usually takes a few weeks to even get in, then I'll need to do wahatever work up they recommend, then schedule the surgery with the busy surgeon who is always booked!!!! ???????????????????? to say I'm bummed out is an understatement. I was looking forward to being healed by summer so I can go out and do more activities with my kids and be active!

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That's too bad. I'm surprised they're not prescribing an antibiotic to see if they go down before going to a hematologist. Did they check your urine to see if maybe you have a UTI? I sometimes have high WBC without any obvious signs of infection.

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Ugh. I can only imagine how frustrating that is! So sorry! Hope they figure out what is driving the elevated WBC ASAP!

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What a huge disappointment! Glad they are being cautious with your health, but I hope time passes quickly before surgery!

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So sorry - waiting is so hard!

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I can't even imagine how frustrated you are! I haven't heard back on my bloodwork yet so now I am also nervous. I should find out tomorrow when I meet with the surgeon.

I really hope things move along as fast as possible for you, hang in there!

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I've been waiting 8 months for the surgery, been on this stupid liquid diet for 8 days already and the doc calls and says we need to postpone the surgery My blood work shows elevated wbc, but I have no signs of infection so they want me to see a hematologist before I have the surgery. I know its better safe than sorry, but it really sucks. I'm betting it'll be AT LEAST another 2 months! Hematology usually takes a few weeks to even get in, then I'll need to do wahatever work up they recommend, then schedule the surgery with the busy surgeon who is always booked!!!! to say I'm bummed out is an understatement. I was looking forward to being healed by summer so I can go out and do more activities with my kids and be active!

Now this makes me nervous because I have chronic Leukocytosis. My WBC is always between 15-17 :( Hope this isn't another hoop I have to jump thru!

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I've been waiting 8 months for the surgery, been on this stupid liquid diet for 8 days already and the doc calls and says we need to postpone the surgery My blood work shows elevated wbc, but I have no signs of infection so they want me to see a hematologist before I have the surgery. I know its better safe than sorry, but it really sucks. I'm betting it'll be AT LEAST another 2 months! Hematology usually takes a few weeks to even get in, then I'll need to do wahatever work up they recommend, then schedule the surgery with the busy surgeon who is always booked!!!! to say I'm bummed out is an understatement. I was looking forward to being healed by summer so I can go out and do more activities with my kids and be active!

Now this makes me nervous because I have chronic Leukocytosis. My WBC is always between 15-17 :( Hope this isn't another hoop I have to jump thru!

Well I just got back from the hematologist today and it was a total waste of time and a disappointment. Well, in a way I guess. He basically was like, "well, no fever, no symptoms. I can't think of anything else. You could just have a higher than normal count because some research suggest those with extra fat cells sometimes have higher wbc. I'll send a message to your surgeon and tell him I don't see anything out of the ordinary."

Well, this is good news because I got my surgery rescheduled today (now it's June 1st), but disappointed because he spent all of three minutes with me to say nothing was wrong. I would have had surgery today!!!

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Ugh that is always heart wrenching. I was put in insolation for 3 days when mine jumped to 17, but they still cannot figure out what causes it. They sent me to an infectious disease doctor who also had no explanation and just suggested I live on antibiotics the rest of my life. Hard pass on that

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