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ET and chemical pre-cautions?

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Sep 30 1:00pm | Replies (31)
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Thanks for the aspirin discussion. I am 70, and will ask the hemo this fall if she thinks I should drop it or switch to something else after a certain age. I do take ibuprofen a few times a week for aches and pains, so will ask about that, too.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Aug 25 11:26am

We weren’t aware of some of the quiet side effects of baby aspirin either. My husband and I both took it for years on the advice of our PCP. I stopped taking after a couple of years when I began associating the aspirin with a weird pattern of ‘wheezing’…nothing serious but the same small reaction I used to have with a sensitivity to almonds.

My husband, around the age of 70 began having serious stomach issues which we initially associated with stress possibly brought on by my leukemia/bmt adventure; though he said he didn’t feel stressed.
I’d read about aspirin’s involvement with stomach ulcers and in ‘typical male fashion’, he poo-pooed that idea. LOL. Anyway, he eventually had an endoscopy which revealed his wife was right (shock!) and he indeed had an ulcer caused by the baby aspirin.
Recently had a follow-up endo and it’s all clear. But it shows the potential dangers of the little innocuous baby aspirin.

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