[Matthew42]

My mother's doctor said that platelets are often the most stubborn of the three lines. She's had patients where red blood cells and neutrophils went up and stayed up, but very low platelet levels persisted many months after getting off blood transfusions. At any rate, if 2 lines come up and stay up, the remaining third line should do so at some point, but it could be a half a year or more. Hard to believe.


Please know that steroid therapy is underused in aplastic anemia, according to some experts in AA. Interestingly, some patients respond beautifully to it. Every AA patient has different body chemistry. There is no one-size-fits-all approach.