@msmac3
Thank you for your patience with me and your kind words!

I guess that was the point I was trying to make. Some of the symptoms of ET and/or HU can have other causes, so maybe if they are not severe we shouldn't be too quick to blame our meds, or stress too much over having to take them or having ET. (Talking to myself too here.) The cause might be age or something else, because people without ET have those symptoms too sometimes.

I forgot to mention that I have dry eyes, but I know that's not from my ET because I've had that problem for several years, while my platelet count was normal. I think I've also had nail ridges before I developed ET. And some of my friends are almost bald on top, so the minor hair loss I have may be natural. It can be hard to know what to blame unless the timing matches and makes it obvious.

I'm not saying these things to belittle symptoms at all, because although mine aren't (yet?), some are severe and are due to ET and/or HU. I guess I'm trying more to be positive and perhaps be a calming influence when we get anxious over this unexpected disorder/disease and meds for it. Some things might have happened even without ET.
(I think mine may be related more to age than to my ET because they seem to pre-date my ET.)

A question:
Does anyone know if taking the Shingrex shingles shots affect platelet counts either way? I've got to take my second one in the next couple of months. I'll try to remember to mention it at my next appointment of course.
Again, many thanks.