raised platelets post op

[cavebaby]

Hi,

On 16/3 I had a radical hysterectomy, bilateral oophrectomy, appendectomy and omentum for what histology has now confirmed is stage1a adult type granulosa cell ovarian cancer. I was readmitted with a post op infection and treated with IV antibiotics, at the time it was noted I had a high platelet count.

At my post op review (at 3.5weeks post op), I had repeat bloods and my platelets are still high and my consultant is now referring me to a haematologist. I’m now worried about other cancers! Has anyone else had this? How worried should I be? I’d just gotten my head around the initial diagnosis and was relieved to not have to have chemo and now a new worry

[Carpediem68]

Hi there

Yes, my platlets were at their highest three weeks post-op and then they started to come down. They were still high when I started chemo. They didn't say why they thought they were high. They just said they should come down in time. I had an infection post-op too. Give it a bit of time.

[cavebaby in reply to Carpediem68]

Thank you for the reassurance, I guess I'm just anxious but its good to hear I'm not the only one

[bamboo89]

I wouldn't worry that its cancer, I think if the Oncologist thought it was cancer causing the high platelets, he'd be scanning and checking for it, not immediately referring you to Haematology. The highest my platelets have ever been was after I completed my last lot of chemotherapy rather than when I had active cancer, even though I have been permanently on blood thinning injections for some years - it had dropped significantly 4 weeks later. Yours may fall between now and seeing Haematology anyway, but its a good thing that Haematology will be checking you - cancer is not the only thing that can cause high platelets.

Miriam

[cavebaby in reply to bamboo89]

Thank you, logically I know its unlikely but currently my mind is going places it shouldn't. Its good to hear others have had the same and its been ok. xx