Blood Cancers & Disorders Support Group

I’m confused because I think Hydroxyurea is a chemo drug. Can someone clarify this for me?

Has anyone been living with,ET, jac2 mutation

I have round the clock burping, mild nausea, insomnia. Started HU Nov 2025. I have been on Zepbound since summer 2025. But now experience sour,...

I developed Sjogrens's a couple of years after being diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia. Anyone else experience the same?Go fight, my warrior friends

I was recently diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia, a rare incurable blood cancer. Platelet count aside, I am asymptotic. This current condition morphed from (constitutional) thrombcytosis,...

Hello, My name is Isabelle, I’m 55 and I was diagnosed a month ago with Essential Thrombocythemia, JAK2 mutation. I’m waiting on my bone marrow...

I learned I had ET through a routine blood test during my annual Medicare checkup last fall. Since then I have found I have the...

I felt confused and freaked out after the diagnosis. It seemed no one knew much about ET. I didn't know that hydroxyurea was chemo in...

Does Essential Thrombocythemia cause hip pain? My hips have been hurting for days.

Does anyone on this site have pre-fibrotic pm or know where I can get some good information. I am still a week away from a...