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Recently had a physical, they told me my thyroid was okay. i have an elevated wbc of 11.5 and a blood calcium level elevated by only .1% should i be concerned with any cancers like myeloma? i am really paranoid.

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Numbers are numbers: Lab results are numbers, and numbers are just numbers. They have little meaning without looking at the whole person. One's primary care doctor can review the big picture and decide if these numbers are good, bad, or neutral. For example, one might want to know if the numbers were higher or lower last week or last month. That said, a change of 0.1% is like $1.00 vs. $1.00 plus 1 tenth of a penny.

Answered 11/25/2019

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