Hi all,
i am 73 years old and was was diagnosed with ET in November 2018. I enitially had a reading of around 1300, this was found in a normal blood test, first of all I was proscribed 1 aspirin, 1 20 milligram Omaprizol and 3 500mg Hydroxycarbamide, this brought my platlet count down to around 150 far too low. I am now still taking the aspirin and Omaprazel but only 1 500 Hydroxycarbomide which is giving me a platlet reading of 450. I have never had any symptoms or side effects. I have always been a very fit person and continue to be so, the only problem I have is because my kidneys are not 100% I have to drink 2 litres of water every day therefore I am continually going too the toilet, my urine is various shades of red, does anybody else have this problem? My GP told me This is a fairly normal occurrence.
