Though your journey was rough, the end results of that beautiful baby girl,
has got to be worth it all. Thank you for sharing your inspiring story, I
know it will help others. Your friend, lillian
-----Original Message-----
From: Klr224@AOL.COM <Klr224@AOL.COM>
To: mol-cancer@meds.com <mol-cancer@meds.com>
Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 8:56 PM
Subject: [MOL] essential thrombocythemia
>i am a 28 yr old female who was diagnosed with ess. thrombocythemia in
>october of 1992. when first hospitalized my platelet count was 1,267.0000.
>Right away my dr. started hydrea in grand doses, but that did not help at
>all. Soon after they did a platelet pherisiswhich of course helped, but
only
>for a short time, finally they started me on interferon(which was very
>unpleasant) and after being hospitalized for 11 days they sent me
>home...After 6 months of being on interferon with no steady progress they
>switched me back to hydrea and remained on it for 5 years when they
switched
>me to anagralide(which is much safer and so far no side effects) so i can
try
>to become pregnant.
>
>Needless to say i am still on anagralide, my platelets are checked once a
>month, which for the past year have been a steady 700,000, and i have a
>healthy baby girl.
>
>i hope this may help someone, like the other e-mails helped me ......thank
you
>
>klr@aol.com
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