So my DX has been identified as secondary Polycythemia. I was so damn excited it was not polycythemia vera - but also a bit perplexed about what secondary polycythemia means, prognosis, etc. Hemo took more blood for another test. My HBG and HCT are high with HCT around 50. No real discussion about treatment - just "continue blood checks". Anyone here dealing with the same and provide some insight? It's been a rollercoaster of the "C" word to "nothing". the emotional ups and downs have moved into a major depressive episode. Of, which was in denial - not my first go around with that - and I'm doing my tried and true treatment to get out of that place. But, the questions around the polycythemia loom -