The hits just keep on comming…..More good news

OK Lets review…..Keeping in mind the normal platelet count should be between 125 and 450…..when I was first diagnosed with this my platelets were at 800….next visit it ticked down to 780…at the time of the bone marrow biopsy they fell again to 750…..now after the first  month of of being on the IRON meds they were down to 680….good right….yes. To be honest I was hoping for a bigger drop, but the Dr says she is real happy and it that it takes a while for the meds to bring the platelet levels down to normal. My next check up at the Rex Cancer Center is in 3 months that will be the real test….and I will be faced with 2 possible scenarios…..1) the platelets will be  down to a normal or near normal level and then it’s all good and will mean that as the Dr said….some people don’t produce enough iron in the bone marrow and it takes a while sometimes to manifest itself….which she believes is the case with me and the meds will make it right. Scenario 2.) The platelets have leveled off at the 600″s and that will mean that I am most likely in the early stages of Essential thrombosis or ET for short….not good. So I have decieded I am choosing option 1 and will be around to bug all of you who read this until I am about 90….So I might not blog about this for a while because I have it in my mind that I in scenario #1 and all is well that ends well…I feel great….and I will let everyone know what is going on in 3 months after my next check…But I wanted to let you all know the latest good news…..Thanks for your continued prayers and good thoughts…..Until next time…..GKW