Hey there,
I'm 28yrs old and was diagnosed a year ago with ET. Platelets were around 470 when I was diagnosed and steadily increased to around 720 in February of this year.
However, my most recent blood results have shown the platelets drop to 636 and then again down to 520 about 2 weeks later. I am now also anemic so they have requested a follow-up blood test for B12, iron etc.
I'm concerned about progression ... I'm only on a daily aspirin so I was surprised to see my platelets have gone from increasing to now dropping again, as well as concerned about the anemia. The doctor didn't express concern but to be honest, I felt quite dismissed.
I'm young and so a progression to MF would be a huge worry for me in terms of life expectancy etc.
Has anyone progressed from ET to MF? What were your signs?
Thanks so much in advance,
Tasha.