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Hi everyone, hope all is well. My name is Claire and I also have essential thrombocythemia...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/194319/
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JAK2 Mutation - Effects and Questions
Support Group:
Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Aug 2, 2019
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ET is essential thrombocythemia it is a chronic blood cancer, it is not as a result...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1142418/
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Does your oncologist acknowledge that ET may cause bone pain?
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Sep 16, 2024
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I was diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia, JAK2 mutation, earlier this year. My hematologist (who was also...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/877333/
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Essential Thrombocythemia (ET): foods, diet, nutrition?
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jun 12, 2023
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I was recently diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia. My platelets were up to 700,000. I am taking...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/783337/
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High Platelets
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Dec 10, 2022
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I was diagnosed with essential thrombocythemia Dec 2016, platelets in the millions, put on hydroxyurea, started...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/50531/
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Myelofibrosis w/ JAK2 mutation
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jun 2, 2017
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Hello!I am 46 years old and was diagnosed with jk2 positive essential thrombocythemia 3 years ago.What...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1237185/
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Essential Thrombocythemia (ET): foods, diet, nutrition?
Support Group:
Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Feb 15 5:01am
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Hello @lindaw123 I appreciate this thoughtful question. I did some research online and found the results...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/662346/
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Jak2 and Vitamin D3
Support Group:
Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Dec 14, 2021
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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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Discussion:
How do You Manage Side Effects Of Hydrea or Hydroxyurea for ET?
Support Group:
Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Apr 9, 2017
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Today I saw the hem/onc at UCLA. I will be having a guided Bone Marrow Biopsy...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1319791/
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Discussion:
New to Hydrea for ET
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Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jun 3 9:38pm
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A high platelet count typically is indicative of Essential Thrombocythemia. The normal treatment is Hydroxyurea which...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/328578/
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JAK2 Mutation, Low Iron and High Platelet count
Support Group:
Blood Cancers & Disorders
Posted: Jan 3, 2021
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