I agree with Sandi that the attitude of the medical professionals sets a tone. I got really scared by the lab personnel and my general doctor before I started going to a hema, I had some low counts and one time when I went for a count instead of giving me my results as they had before, they starting avoiding my eye and scurrying around me and left me waiting for an hour, would only tell me I had to wait and talk to the doctor. If someone had just looked at me and spoken to me it would have been so much better. I was so scared and upset by the time I talked to my doctor. My count was bad, probably in the teens, but there was no need to scare me and treat me like that. I stopped using that lab, and I also told the head tech/manager how much she had upset me with her behavior.
Erica
And she was!
Diagnosed May 2005, lowest count 8K.
4/22/08: 43K (2nd Rituxan)
10/01/09: 246K, 1/8/10: 111K, 5/21/10: 233K
Latest count: 7/27/2015: 194K
