Guest guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Hi Sharon, Did you have high platelets when you were diagnosed? What is your history with platelets in terms of the numbers. There really isn't a big difference between 519 and 501 and those numbers are only slightly elevated anyway. Rising platelets can SOMETIMES be an indication of disease activity (which is probably why your doctor mentioned the possibility of raising your dose) but there are also other reasons that could explain why they rose. When I was diagnosed my platelets were 1600 (or 1.6 million) and they took quite a while to get to normal, much longer than my white count. My white count was normal in 3 weeks but my platelets took about 6 weeks so if your count rose due to you being off all drugs, it might take a little bit of time for them to come back down. Let us know how your next tests go, Tracey > > NEW TOPIC > > > > Has anyone ever had high Platlets? Mine was 519 then 501 within three > weeks. I just got back from having another CBC and my Onocologist Pharmacist > said if they do not go down he wants to increase the Tasagna. I said " no " I > do not want to. My feelings are that the platlets went up while I was off > all medication-what has that got to do with increasing the dosage???? > > I will know later if they went down. I sure hope so. Because I am feeling > great on 400mg. > > Sharon > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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