It's puzzling how some doctors think waiting until your platelets are 1,500,000 before putting you on medication is appropriate and others feel that you should go on medication at the one million count. Mimi, sorry that you have had to go on HU, but hopefully it will only be temporary until your platelets come down to an acceptable range. My counts have been in the high 800,000 range the past couple of visits. I mentioned to my doctor this week that medication wouldn't be considered (would it) unless my count went as high as 1,500,000, but he said no. That we would need to consider it if they went over a million. I keep hoping they'll stay below that mark!

Good luck on the HU, Mimi.

Sharon (in Georgia)


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