@dewz13
Well, yes. I didn't know it at the time until my Oncologist PA told me that the steroids do increase the platelets. I'm not sure why we have to learn these things little by little or by accident if we don't know to ask. But that is the way I have found it to be. I am finding out now with my husbands diabetes that steroids also increase the blood sugars and cause lots or problems for diabetics. He was just diagnosed with severe carpal tunnel syndrome but they cannot do surgery or steroid injections to treat him until he gets his sugar levels down. He has been well controlled but illness and stress does not help but elevates the sugar levels.
So, I try to use steroids only when I really need them and work with my oncologist to offset the effects with an increase in the dosage of Hydrea. I have had two hip replacements and back surgery so I have dealt with all of it and learned along the way. Like one of the group said, what we have, Thrombocythemia is not very common and many, even doctors, don't know all there is to know. So we discover. It is good to share our experiences with each other.