blood clots, bruises, platelets

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Hi:

Some people have been writing about having blood clots or

conditionswhich appear to be blood clots. I have a huge, huge bruise--

ugly and all on the inner right thigh. I've had this bruise for about

seven weeks. The primary care doctor thought it was a superficial

thrombophlebitis. To check it out, she sent me for an ultrasound to

rule out a clot in the vein. I had that done yesterday. As I haven't

heard anything, I'm assuming it's not a clot. However, I'll call

tommorrow just to make certain.

My platelets are low, aobut 64000. Wonder if anyone else has had

vascular problems, and how much it is connected with the gleevec.

Thanks, Jean.