Hi Kim, Your mum sounds exactly like me when i had TTP. Thrashing around and not responding. I was like that for about 4-5 days and then i sleep solid for...
Welcome to the group Kim. Very sorry to hear about your mom. She sounds just like I was a year ago. Don't worry, as her condition improves, so will her...
I wanted to wish Happy early Birthday to Susan on the 24th of May. Also, happy birthday to anyone else with a May birthday that isn't on the calendar....
Susan, Thank you also, I did print it out and will keep it on hand. Joann D ... From: Kia <computergoddess77@...> To: thrombocytopenia@yahoogroups.com ...
Thanks all for the birthday wishes, I had a good day and I do feel very thankful that I'm even here to celebrate it! Starting to feel a bit more normal since...
No one can answer your question for sure, Kim. The short answer, though, is that although you may be in for some scary times, the odds are on her side that...
Linda, What a great letter to Kim! Â I wish I had had somebody like you to explain and ease my mind when my daughter was going thru her bout with TTP. ... ...
hello Kim, i knew how you feel my mother was admitted into the hospital as well on November... and just and Saturday she was released. my mother had a very...
Hey Chris I live in Scott Co. Im about an hour and a half from Oak Ridge. My hematologist is Dr. John Foust. Where do you work? If you dont mind me asking....
Hi Jean Thanks for the words of encouragment. I think just my getting back to posting to you all will help me so much I have missed it. I wont be going back to...
Kim, So sorry to hear about your mom. I took me 6 days before I actually was aware of what was going on a little bit. If took another 2 or 3 days before I...
Thanks for your kind words. I doubt anyone could have really eased your mind. TTP makes people so sick that it is hard to imagine them getting well again. I...
Hi all i talked to cara a little bit ago. She doing okay. She was pretty tired. They had just finished her plamasphersis. Numbers are doing okay. They did...
Linda, I remember you from your episode of TTP and I think it was your sister on talking with us. I had just got over my first episode of TTP. I was wondering,...
Woops, Linda you are the sister that was talking with us. How is your sister doing? Any relaspes for her, hopefully not. Sharon ... 2004. ... holding ... ...
No relapses to date. We are a teeny, tiny bit concerned because she seems to be bruising more than normal, and platelets are down from her normal 300,000 to...
I relasped on April 1. I did plasmapheresis 6 times and counts went to 297K so they stopped. I went 1 week and counts went back down to 190K and LDH went back...
Thank you Kia! I am the big 35 this year! Happy to make it though. Susan. Kia <computergoddess77@...> wrote: I wanted to wish Happy early Birthday to...
JoAnn omg!! Dr. Foust was my dr. for a very long time, in fact he is the one that finally recognized and diagnosed my TTP after dr. after dr. after dr. didn't...
You tell my friend to hang in there and not to give up on me. i miss talking to her and would like the number to the hospital to call her please. Did you...
As you all know that on last sunday i was in a wreak. Well the lady is claiming it to be my fault. the cop can not tell who was at fault but she has been in...
Thanks God for Caras begin to recover The best things is that she doesn´t need dialysis that her kidneys are functioning on their own and without problems or...
It seems it just goes away when it goes away. Have you found a personal "trigger"? I remember someone writing once that every time they had a relapse, they...
HI Jo Jeannie here, please give Cara my love & hugs get well soon Cara Jeannie xxx The Trail Is Beautiful, Be Still...... Dakota Indians Do something...
Yes, they think it was triggered from the flu. I caught it back at the end of February. My doctor thinks that the flu causes immunity to go down and attack the...
LLinda Thank you for replying to me. I just got home from the hospital, boy this is some situation. Mom is hooked up to all kinds of machines and is still "...
Hi ANdrea, Mom is intubated as well. Thanks for your words of encouragement. I might just take you up on your offer of the phone call. I live in SOuth...
Hey Kim, I am in South Carolina as well. I was diagnosed with TTP June 2007, then I relapsed in August. I have been in remission since, but always scared of...