Hello
Your the same age I was when I was diagnosed with the Jak2 mutation, basically the exact same mutation for the Myeloproliferative Blood disorder. My understanding is it is a stem cell disease , the mutation is in the bone marrow cells. I am 70 now. I don't believe there's anything to correct the mutation and the result is thick blood, Essential Thrombocythemia hemorrhage. Normal CBC is under 400 and very serious is over 800 and more like 1000. The disease was probably acquired meaning you were born with it and it just became symptomatic. Mine was caught at a annual physical and my CBC show me at 900. I was put on Hydroxyurea and aspirin and referred to a Hematologist. I didn't want to take the medication either and I argued with the doctor. It made me very ill in the beginning. Now it's like nothing. I'm 70, and don't look a day over 45. I feel great. I do get my bouts and have to be hospitalized for a week about once every three years, now it's about twice a year. The thick blood can put a lot of stress on the heart while it's pumping harder to get the needed oxygen to your brain meaning your at high risk for heart attack or stroke. infarction-
It is definitely not good to not take the medicine. Now! if you find something natural to bring down your platlet count while taking the medication, the doctor will lower your dose or take you. off the med and keep you on the asprin or something like plavix.
Now, things that might be good for you, oxygen, anti inflammatory foods, berries, blood cleaners, but take that medication until you find something that lower the platelet count. Your life is depending on it. I was told distilled water will pull the residue of the chemo out of the body. beware, steroids will make my platelet count increase. bless you, bye.