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My platelet count has increased after a year on Hydroxyurea (HU)

Blood Cancers & Disorders | Last Active: Apr 10 12:32pm | Replies (27)
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@ina2022

You are welcome. We just have to take it day by day.
I try not to think about it too much. Wishing you
and everybody else dealing with blood disorders
( I like to call it disorder not cancer) all the best.

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nancyra | @nancyra | Apr 8 11:39am

ET was formerly referred to as a blood disorder. Our bodies make too many platelets. Doing the right thing, but just too much of it. I don’t know when or why it started getting referred to as ‘cancer’ and I can see on this thread that it really freaks people out. So yes, I do NOT call what I have cancer.

I was diagnosed 27 years ago and am as healthy as anybody else. I am on Anagrelide now, formerly on HU.
My hem is happy if my numbers are under 600.

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