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Essential Thrombocythemia: Looking for information and support

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@jaebless

ET diagnosis - MPN
Hello all,
I was diagnosed with ET in 2020 via BMB and blood work. But looking back I had high platelets for over ten years but I guess my primary doctor thought it was due to fibros and heaving bleeding at the time. I had a hysterectomy in 2019 then my platelets went up instead of stabilizing. I recently did some bloodwork and my RBC morphology states something I never saw before: "slight basophillic stipppling, few elliptocytes/ovalocytes, moderately increased ploychromasia 2-5% schistcytes (fragments) few teardrop forms, megathrombocyes/giant platelets and my immature reticulocytes fraction is high at 32.
I am honestly not dealing with any changes well and I dont see my haemo until next week. Should I be worried?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jan 15, 2023

Welcome @jaebless. It's so unsettling to see blood lab results before having a chance to discuss the interpretation with your specialist. While fellow patients on this forum cannot provide a medical interpretation or advice, we can offer support and experiences.

There are many discussions on the forum about essential thrombocythemia. I moved your post to this existing discussion
- Essential Thrombocythemia: Looking for information and support https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/essential-thrombocythemia-1/

I did this so you can connect with other members like @bj87 @ttown @wiggins32 @nohrt4me @hdollar1 @lourdene @eileen11108 @kimberlyrd @garyinmo @marthajones @sherna09 @treeore @koryw208 and many more.

@jaebless, do you have a confirmed diagnosis of essential thrombocythemia?

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