Thank you Lynne.. I am a nurse as well, living a long time with this. I have to temper my Aspirin use to only twice a week, or my eyes will start to bleed. I have also learned that since the platelets are pushed into production too quickly, they do not work as well to clot, and I have found that even when I am not on aspirin I have an extended bleeding time. I just tell the doctors that I still bleed easily even though my platelets are too high, and this really confuses them. But if Platelets are immature.. they do not do what they should as far as clotting, am I right? Thanks for being part of this conversation. I do not know too many people who have had this for a long time! Take care hoping for many more years!