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Welcome to Connect, @pearly, and thank you for sharing your history. Essential thrombocythaemia (ET) is indeed...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/146291/
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How do You Manage Side Effects Of Hydrea or Hydroxyurea for ET?
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Apr 9, 2017
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I am on it for almost a year. I read it takes about six months or...
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ET, Polycythemia, Jax2: Is this a blood cancer?
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jan 8 9:46am
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Hi Wiggins32....My nurse practitioner was the person who found the causative factor of my high platelet...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/782402/
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Essential Thrombocythemia: Looking for information and support
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Dec 8, 2022
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Hi Terry @terese7 Essential Thrombocythemia is a blood condition where your bone marrow is producing too...
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I have ET a blood Cancer and I need advice.. Terry
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jun 21 9:44am
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Hi winmil99, Welcome to the site. I was diagnosed in June 2022 with platelets at 735....
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Essential Thrombocythemia: Looking for information and support
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jun 29, 2023
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Your story sounds just like mine. My platelets started rising slowly over four years. It hit...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/778218/
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Essential thrombocytosis with MPL mutation
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Nov 28, 2022
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I started HU once a week for a month, then 2x week for 8 months. This...
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Essential Thrombocythemia: Making treatment decisions
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jan 30 10:19am
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Hi there, I have MDS/MPN overlap. I have the JAK2 mutation and have been on 500...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1027326/
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Pain in Upper Left Abdomen
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Mar 4 10:14am
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I was really interested in what your MPN Specialist had to say. I also have had...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/792671/
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High platelets, Jak2, ET, and pre-fib new diagnosis
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jan 5, 2023
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Hi I have ET and Jak2 mutation. I have been on HU for 3 weeks. My...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1120672/
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Anyone else find the side effects of Hydrea 500MG frightening?
Support Group:
Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Aug 9 11:48am
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