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Old Wed Dec 30, 2015, 01:31 PM
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Tracey,
My platelets have gotten down in the 20s occasionally and I have never been given a transfusion for it. All the hematologist I have talked to (four total) have said they wouldn't even consider it unless I were less than 10, symptomatic, or had surgery planned. Just FYI.

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