[jolene]

first off, i feel fine, my dr did a cbc and had a blood smear done. the results were macrocytosis without anemia. the rbc morphologhy was normal, platelets normal. occasional ovalocytes were noted. she tested liver, thyroid and vitamin b12-allnormal. i guess alcohol can cause a rise in the mcv. she told me to quit drinking for 3 months, and have cbc redone, if mcv is stil high might possible check bone marrow. i guess my question is would some other abnormality have shown up if there was a problem with my marrow? im kinda freaking out here! anything anyone can offer would be great, thankyou and have a wonderful day!

[Amanda H]

there are all sorts of hematology troublesa guy 21 kept getting bloos clots&they finally did a bone marrow testhave ruled out all cancers, thyroid, liver, etc..obvious stuffnow chacking fro genetic problems within the blood cells them selves&the stickiness of the plateletes

[Steve B]

prob normal...can be from drinking or smokingalthough the vit b12 levels are normal,the folate level may be lowthere is a test to see if you are absorbing b12,called the schillings test,the only way to see for sure.ask the doc