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@winmil99

really, no one wants plts with JAK2..and they rebuild so fast, it doesn't really help to "donate" I was diagnosed 1 yr ago plts 500..go up to 650..esp if I have infection like a cold... I take low dose aspirin for now..it they hit 700, I will start on HD... whole thing is kinda scary...no reason to get it other than a mutation..I have identical twin who does NOT have this.

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So, I have a history, although short, of donating whole blood. Should one consider that my blood was tainted and that I should never have donated? The last whole pint that I donated, the nurse asked me if they would be allowed to "experiment" with my blood. I said yes until a military operative showed interest in the blood due to the permission; I had to tell the nurse: "No, as that would be a war crime, experimenting on a person by a military, but yes, the blood bank may."

HU hasn't seemed to given me any problems unless it is sexual disfunction, although that could be due to age or another medication. My hair and head of hair are thinning, but that could also be due to other factors, as I am sixty-three.
There is a possibility that ET may cause insomnia and then a following of mental breaks?

I understand, but I have had an Uncle that died of leukemia and taking of HU may lead to a slight propensity of said? I do consume quite a bit of beer and that is said to cause a bit of platelet elevation, but beer is quite nutritious? If I go in the meantime, I may have some kind of "Duty" to do. I usually, unless I am killed, just go in my sleep, quite peacefully. I have "walked out" before; some people would like me to "hoof it," as we are deer folk.