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I was diagnosed 7 weeks ago with ET Jak2 pos platelets over a thousand I'm on Asprin and 2x5oom hydroxy a day ever since I started I've had a bad chest constant cough I told my doctor at the clinic he sent me for a chest x-ray is this normal my platlets have dropped to 700 which is great news but the tablets do make me feel rubbish I also feel constantly tired

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Hi Jansmithk

For myself I used to have a cougbh especially at night

With my GP everything showed it was OK

My daughter ended up saying maybe it was just what was in the air that was an irritating me and bought me a humidifier that has cold/hot or regular settings

And lo and behold it works for me maybe for you also hopefully

Sending ET hugs

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