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Old Mon Jan 16, 2017, 07:24 PM
White-Stone White-Stone is offline
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Smile feeling better now that I have restarted hydroxurea

The Doctors had me stop the Hydroxurea for 2 weeks following the completion of my breast cancer surgery. After the 1st week I started feeling terrible. Old pains I used to suffer came back with a vengeance. My blood pressure became practically uncontrollable. My feet hurt and in the evening my toes would become inflamed and too sensitive to touch.I had forgotten those side effects.

I have been back on Hydroxurea for 11 days and, Thank God, the foot pain is gone. My BP still runs high once a day but only to 160 not 184. I am positive there is a direct connection between BP and high platelets. I am going to have to nail the Doctor down about that. I feel it is an important issue. I suffered with that foot pain for about 2 years before I was diagnosed. Since none of the Drs knew what caused it they dismissed it.(Just wait until one of them gets it and see how long they dismiss it.)

Anyway, that makes me feel better.

Hope the forum is quiet because folks are doing OK.

Kind regards,
White-Stone
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Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (MPN), positive JAK-2V617F mutation, currently taking Hrdroxyurea 500mg 3x's daily and PolyIron 150mg 2x's daily
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