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If you decide to take HU, try it a couple of times per week for a...

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Discussion: Essential Thrombocythemia: Making treatment decisions

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Feb 25, 2024

I was recently diagnosed with Essential thrombocythemia. My platelet count was in the upper 700's. Hematologist...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/941461/

Discussion: Essential Thrombocythemia: Looking for information and support

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Oct 3, 2023

Newly diagnosed with essential hemorrhagic thrombocythemia. Anyone else have this and would like to share their...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1256481/

Discussion: Essential Thrombocythemia: Making treatment decisions

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Mar 12, 2025

Hi @arti4 I read over another discussion you started regarding Hydroxyurea for ET, and see that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/728880/

Discussion: Jak2 positive, biopsy next: Does it mean I have blood cancer?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Jul 20, 2022

I have a different diagnosis than you so you can look at my list and substitute...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1308354/

Discussion: Diagnosed with MGUS. What questions should I ask the hematologist?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: May 20, 2025

Hi. I have Essential Thrombocythemia (high platelet count) without the JAK2 mutation. I've been under the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1569271/

Discussion: Lowering platelet level with food

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: May 7 6:07pm

Welcome to Connect @jv4430. There are a number bone marrow disorders related to the JAK2 gene...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/969785/

Discussion: JAK2 V617F positive, now what?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Nov 24, 2023

To eetap, 1) The JAK2 mutation is typically found either after a clotting event or routine...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/719531/

Discussion: JAK2 Mutation - Effects and Questions

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Jun 21, 2022

You must have so many questions! You might want to use the search bar at the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1244801/

Discussion: Like to know more. Just told I have Triple Negative MPN.

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Feb 24, 2025

Hi @mirakrye Well, that’s a heckuva way to ring in the new year with a change...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1479514/

Discussion: Are there support groups for Myelofibrosis?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Jan 11 10:03am

@jodyjazz Hi Jody, sounds like you’re doing really well! As you read everyone’s posts, I’m sure...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1551998/

Discussion: Anyone living with Essential Thrombocythemia with JAK2?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Apr 16 11:47am

@1pearl, I found another member diagnosed with MF with the CALR mutation and have put the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1256632/

Discussion: Anyone want to talk about Myelofibrosis?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Mar 12, 2025

Hi, I just read your post and am sorry that you are having a tough time...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/820895/

Discussion: Essential Thrombocythemia: Looking for information and support

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Mar 4, 2023

@garyr443 While it’s noble that you’d like to replace medications for Essential Thrombocythemia with ‘benign’ treatments...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1588231/

Discussion: Hydroxyurea and Sun Exposure

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Jun 1 9:21am

Welcome to Connect, Jean! As you’ve discovered, there are a number of members in the forum...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1039680/

Discussion: Essential Thrombocythemia: Looking for information and support

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Mar 24, 2024

Hello Tessa, my brother was diagnosed with ET (Essential Thrombocythemia) at the end of 2011. He...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/57927/

Discussion: Essential thrombocythemia: Interested in connecting with others

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Feb 20, 2012

Good Morning Tessa. I set up a google alert for Essential Thrombocythemia because of the rarity...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/57922/

Discussion: Essential thrombocythemia: Interested in connecting with others

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Nov 13, 2011

Hi @sharonm2023. Welcome to Connect. I promise you won’t be alone here! There are quite a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1209751/

Discussion: What are treatments for myelofibrosis?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Jan 12, 2025

According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and by the opinion of most doctors in the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1263596/

Discussion: Is Essential Thrombocythemia a blood disease or cancer?

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Mar 21, 2025

I was originally misdiagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia in 2018 by a hematologist at the VA Hospital...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/328598/

Discussion: JAK2 Mutation, Low Iron and High Platelet count

Support Group: Blood Cancers & Disorders

Posted: Mar 23, 2021