Hi everyone Heres wishing you all a VERY HAPPY, HEALTHY, PEACEFUL NEW YEAR 2004 Heres hoping for HIGH PLATELETS, low LDH and fantastic red cells !! ;-) Best...
Dave Heres wishing your mom a full recovery - the "slowness / tiredness" takes a while to right itself but it WILL get better, she just needs to take it each...
And a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you Kerry, thank you for your comment - I try to keep positive and keep going, although its hard at times but I am soooo grateful to be...
Hi Erin- The term remission is one you'll get used to. There is currently no true cure for this disorder. So your recovery is termed "remission" which can...
Karen, You have such a way w/ words. You are amazing! Megan ... From: Karen To: thrombocytopenia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 10:23 AM ...
Hi all- Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. God does answer prayers and sometimes the answer is "No." He knows best. They are going to let me go home...
Good luck to you! ... From: Karen To: thrombocytopenia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 1:40 PM Subject: [thrombocytopenia] Going Home....For...
"Janet the Jinx and Nancy Benadryl" This is one of those spooky, woo-oooh-weee-oooh stories. About a week before my relapse, I had a very strange dream, really...
Hi all, My lab results were still good last Sunday and I will get them done again this Sunday. My platelets are WAY high! Like twice the normal limit! I wish I...
Lisa, I take a baby asa a day. I had a spleenectomy in April 2003. After that I had a blockage in my leg. I also had a relapse of ttp at the time. My...
Oops forgot to tell you my ldh runs high also, from 225 to 279 and has even went to 343 but has came back down again. After my last relapse I took rituxan...
Oh Lisa that is incredible - I am so happy for you!!! Megan ... From: catsgreen777 To: thrombocytopenia@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 3:56...
I am glad to hear you are spending New Years day at home! I am still praying that everything levels off and you are strong and healthy and at home tomorrow,...
Okay....my dad had his 4th plasma pheresis (sp??) today and we thought he was making progress but when we got his lab results his platelets dropped from...
LIsa I am so happy we serve a GREAT GOD......and HE's always lookin out for HIS kids.......AMEN! ===== It's More important to know how much HE loves u than to...
Good Luck Karen Happy Holidays to you n your kin ;-) Enjoy your parole :-) Love Jeannie xxx Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.. nietzsche...
Hi Nancy I hope your dad is feeling much better very soon ;-) A similar thing happened to me when I was originally diagnosed my platelets suddenly plummeted...
oooooo Nancy Meant to say, the raised white cells can be sign of infection as you said - but also with the TTP mine are still high as I have recently relapsed...
Hi Lisa Good news re platelets eh ;-) Hope things are ok with you Love Jeannie xx Our greatest experiences are our quietest moments.. nietzsche 1844-1900 Do...
Hi Kristi, Well, your email convinced me I better take some aspirin! My doctor said he really wants me to, but I am hesitant and scared it could cause the...
That happened with me a lot - counts went up and down. Dont give up yet. I had 22 or 24 pheresis treatments, then spleenectomy, then IV/IG treatments before...
Hi all- Well we tried. My counts dropped from 139K yesterday to 75K today. LDH went from 435 to 655. I guess it ain't done yet. :-) By the time they got...
Nancy- As some of the others have mentioned it is not unusual for platelet counts to fluctuate widely during an active episode of TTP, before they stabilize....
... <sulfamfive@y...> wrote: It appears that his White Blood Count is ... Nancy- This almost slipped my mind. I thnk I remember you said that he was not being...
Karen, once again thanks for responding....you are supplying me with so much information my dad now things I should go to med school (too funny). Todays update...
Hi all-We ran labs locally today. Counts are a little better. Platelets at 119K (probably from yesterday's pheresis, with maybe a little kicker from the...
Jodi, I am curious, when you had your first attack of TTP after the dentist, what had your dentist visit been like? Did you have a problem right then with the...
Hi Karen, So you are at home it sounds like? Good! Glad to hear your platelets are up again, too! I am still praying that you are about done with this and are...
... platelets are up again, too! I am still praying that you are about done with this and are on the road to recovery! ... Hi Lisa- Still home. We did the...