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Eileen,
I did get the RSV shot and the new COVID shot in Fall 2023. My platelets started creeping up. By March 2024, they are almost 100K higher and my HU treatment has been increased from 2x a week to 3x a week, and now, it's 4x a week. I have not caught COVID-19 nor have I been sick at all during the pandemic from any illness. My oncologist suggests getting the Covid booster, but I am worried that my platelets will increase even more. So hard to decide what to do. My daughter is getting married in the summer and I want to be healthy, happy, and smiling at the wedding.
Take care,
Karla

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I have heard that covid vax makes them decrease for a while..not increase. I have had 7, at first , I wondered if all due to covid vax, but looking at my labs, they started trending up before covid existed