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I don't know any more than what I've said...I have polycethemia but bleeding time test was twice the highest limit.

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Ok from what I’m understanding is that you’ve been diagnosed with polycythemia vera. This is a condition where your bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. One of the more serious side effects would be the potential for blood clots.
It sounds as though your doctor may have followed up with a Prothrombin Time test in order to check your risk level for developing blood clots. From what I’m understanding, your blood took twice as long to clot than expected. Your doctor may wish to do testing to make sure your bone marrow is able to produce healthy blood cells.
When you had your PV diagnosis, did your doctor determine the underlying cause such as a mutation in the JAK2 gene?
I’m still trying to understand what you mean by having a Tele-health with Mayo Clinic in relation to your blood test results. Did you see the clinic listed on the test results? Quite often some complex blood work is sent to Mayo from a local hosptial for testing because Mayo has more sophisticated testing equipment. If that’s the case, then there wouldn’t be any way for you to tele-visit with a lab tech at Mayo.
Are you being treated locally at home by a hematologist oncologist? Did you want a second opinion from Mayo Clinic?