Sorry about yesterday's post. I didn't answer the question!!! I just went on about me. Anyway, today I will tell you what I have noticed about me (again). I'm stage 4, but am getting NO treatment right now. My white blood count is in the normal range, but on the lower side.

They checked my blood work before I started anything. I had blood work done every week while I was on chemo and my targetted therapy. If my white blood cell count was low they would stop all treatment and give a shot of something to bring up my cell count hopefully then eventually restart the treatments ,some how to me it seemed counter productive to do it that way. But luckily by the grace of God that didn't happen to me. I would also think they would come up with a different treatment plan. Plus they check the other parts of that like your basophifils spelled that one wrong which is to see if you have a bacterial infection then there's another one checks for viral infections then a few more that also check your lymphocytes. I still have blood work done even now that I'm at my 4 year mark all ready. I have one coming up I think in March that's if my onocolgist appointment isn't changed again.

Your white blood count can go up and down during treatments. Normally when you have an infection, your white blood count will go up because its fighting the infection. Certain kinds of cance , like blood cancers, may case the wbc to increase. Hope this helps. Love and hugs

Huh, that's a good question. I'm going to have to go back and check mine. I'm stage 4, but because Enhertu caused inflammation in my lungs, twice, I was taken off of it 10 months ago. My doctor hasn't put me back on anything, giving my body a chance to heal. Now, I just go in every 3-4 months for CT scans. So far, nothing new has shown up.