Hi @cweible19782006 I just read through your reply and my first thought was, “Wow…with friends like that…”. You can fill in the blanks! 🙃
They’re not very empathetic to their friend who was just diagnosed with a blood disorder…and for the record, it is also a blood cancer. Technically, Essential thrombocythemia is an example of a myeloproliferative neoplasm. These are blood cancers that happen when your body produces too many blood cells. In your case it’s too many platelets which can cause some serious health risks such as blood clots.
So, for you, this diagnosis is a life saver! The medication you’ll be given will help keep reduce the platelets and sustain them at a healthy level.

While we can all benefit from a healthy life style and exercise, thrombocythemia is not a result from anything you’ve done. I really am sorry you were the recipient of your friends’ callousness. You are not deserving of comments like that.