Alright, so by now I'm sure it's pretty obvious that I haven't been around as much since last October when I got the news about my biological father.

Well that prompted me to go ahead and get a check-up done and all my usual bloodwork run again. All of which came back normal except for one thing, my red blood cell count was elevated; very elevated.

This prompted my general practicioner to schedule appoints for both a lung specialist and hematologist. And the last six months have been a number of different appointments in which I have started oxygen therapy and been having blood drawn each month. Roughly 500 ml each time to get it to a normal count.

My blood pressure crept up, which then caused me to begin taking medication for it, along with the oxygen-therapy it has helped a lot with the fatigue and exhaustion that I had been feeling since August; which I had just attributed to continued burn-out.

However, yesterday after having the tests run again and finding that my red blood count was elevated even higher than last month; along with other tests, my hemotologist made a formal diagnosis of Polycythemia vera.

A cancer which causes the bone marrow to make too many red blood cells.

oof /hugs

So that's kind of where I've been lately. And still not 100% I'm really past the initial shock step from the news. From what I was told it's not necessarily life-threatening with care, but will definitely affect quality of life in time.

Ooof

I'm so sorry. I hope you get the very best care possible

The care is pretty much sleeping with a bi-pap and having them draw blood once month. Not too bad but a little tedious since I have to drive an hour for the phlebotomy.

Pleas continue to be patient with me, but also my offer still stands that if anyone ever needs someone to talk to or if there is anything I can ever do to help with something you're going through let me know.

You can DM me, message me, I'll give my email and phone to anyone that wants it. This won't change anything other than placing a few limitations on what I can physically do.