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Hi, I also have the same diagnosis and through my doctor at Stanford give blood monthly which helps my platelets and red and white numbers go down. This is called rather an ugly word to me; blood dumping. I do this monthly. This is no cost to me. I sure hope you will injure about this. It is helping me along with the daily 81mg of aspirin and 1000mg of hydrea. Denise

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@djlom15 we are actively looking for a way my husband can "dump" but it's rather expensive through the medical facility. He is currently just on the blood thinners, he has not responded well to specific medications. Hydroxyurea put him in the hospital with sepsis and Jakifi caused him to forget every day things and he became aggressive and moody. So we take it a day at a time now and wait to see if something better comes along.