Hello and welcome. I also have PV/JAK 2and diverticulitis. I’m 78 and have been on 1000 mg of HU daily for over 5 years. I take both capsules at night before bed as was suggested by my hematologist and that works out well for me.
I don’t have family but when I told my best friend it was rather a “Ho hum” reaction. That surprised me and made me feel bad but I got over it. There is not a lot of “press” for this condition and maybe that’s a good thing. But,I think the medical profession, in general, needs more info about it. My GP seemed panicked when he told me I needed to find a hematologist asap and wondered out loud if my moving to Arizona, and the heat, caused it!
While I don’t think it caused it, after reading as much as I have about it and reading some of the comments on this forum, I am convinced that heat aggravates it.
I’ve never been too bothered by the diverticulitis but I do “blame” a lot of my symptoms on age as much as I feel the PV and HU are the cause.