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Essential Thrombocytosis: Do platelets ever decrease without meds?
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@1995victoria Aging could be a factor. The evidence for when I acquired Essential Thrombocythemia is an old medical record that clearly shows a rising platelet count when I was 52. Someone (doctor, lab tech?) had circled it but no one told me about it or did anything about it, so it continued to develop for a decade until I was hit by a bicyclist and my platelet count was discovered to be in the millions. Then the hematology department at Harborview Medical Center, here in Seattle jumped into action. So, I have a hematologist and I've been treated with Hydroxyurea for 12 years, now. I'll be 74 in October.
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@garyr443 I notice my platelets over normal range for 3 years (my annual blood test result), when I asked my primary why, he sent me to hematologist who did all the tests, but didn't answer my questions so I went to MemorialSloanKettering in NYC. And I've been on hydroxyurea for 6 years now......I don't know why my primary didn't seem to notice, but I think ET is a rare cancer, so maybe elevated platelets isn't such a critical symptom, except for someone with ET. I've found the LLS (LeukemiaLymphomaSociety) now Blood Cancer United to be a valuable source of information for MPNs......take care, stay well.....