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Anyone else find the side effects of Hydrea 500MG frightening?
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Perhaps so. It appears to be too coincidental that my platelet count went out of control almost immediately after surgery. Two routine blood tests taken about 2 to 4 months prior to surgery were normal. 4 blood tests taken the day of surgery and 4 blood tests taken one to two days post surgery were normal.
Six days post surgery, my platelet count was 652 and kept increasing from that point on. Unlikely? Impossible? How about highly probable!!
I can’t be the only person out there that has exhibited this problem as a post surgical event.
JAK-2 is not rested for in donated blood because of its rarity. Draw your own conclusions.
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Most of us won't ever learn the cause of our ET. For me, the platelet count started going up after months of immense stress and physical exhaustion, as I provided care to a friend stricken with ALS. Was that enough trauma to jumpstart my MPL mutation?
Others feel their work with toxic chemicals, or military service around burn pits, may have been the trigger.
And some have a family legacy of MPNs.
Lots of questions, not many answers.
Let's keep telling our stories so that someone, sometime will unravel the mystery of MPNs.