NINETEEN
Nineteen years in the purple,
Almost a score of ITP
Diagnosed in 2006,
A terrible shock for me
Three years on the steroids
I responded well
But as we ITP folk know
The side effects are hell
Rituximab in 2010 and again in 2013
A great result both times,
Three years remission
In between
In 2016 another drug
Mychophenolate the next to test
Preparing for the worst, but still
Hoping for the best
Well ever since then, my numbers
Are in the normal range
How do we comprehend
This illness that’s so strange
Anthony Heard Feb 2025
Platelets & me
ITP and infertility
Recently diagnoised with ITP
