Posted by Harriet Glynn on August 22, 2000 at 15:20:46:
In Reply to: Re: thrombocytopenia posted by Shirley on April 06, 2000 at 16:16:15:
HI. I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY PLATELENTS CLUMPING TOGETHER. I SAW A HEMATOLOGIST IN N.Y. WHO RECOMMENDED I SEE AN ONCOLOGIST/HEMATOLOGIST WHEN I GOT TO FLORIDA. THE DR. SAID I AM NOT ANNEMIC (HE DID THE BLOOD TEST TWO TIMES HIMSLEF) AND TOLD ME NOT TO WORRY. WHEN I HAD BLOOD DRWAN FOR SURGERY, THEY ALSO HAD ME GO BACK FOR A 2ND.BLOOD TEST. LAST WEEK I HAD ANOTHER TEST DONE AND THE RESULTS WERE NORMAL WITH THE EXCEPTION THERE WAS NO PLATELET COUNT AS THE PLATELETS CLUMPED TOGETHER AND COUULD NOT BE COUNTED. THE DR. ORDERED ANOTHER TEST STATING THE LAB MIGHT HAVE MADE A MISTAKE OR THE SOLUTION IN THE TEST TUBE MIGHT HAVE BEEN WRONG. I HAD ANOTHER BLOOD TEST DONE YESTERDAY AND TODAY I WAS TOLD I HAD TO GO BACK FOR ANOTHER TEST. I WANTED TO WAIT A FEW DAYS TO GO TO THE CLINIC WHICH IS QUITE A LONG DISTANCE FROM HERE. I WAS TOLD I COULD NOT WAIT AND MUST COME IN VERY SOON. I AM WORRIED AS I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS INDICATES. MY DR. HAS NO IDEA WHY MY PLATELETS ARE CLUMPING TOGETHER. CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ANY IDEA WHY THIS HAPPENS. I HAVE SEEN AS I STATED, THREE HEMATOLOGISTS AND THEY TELL ME NOT TO WORRY. AND, I JUST KEEP GETTING MORE BLOOD TESTS AND NO ANSWERS. THANKS. WILL GET ANOTHER TEST TOMORROW WHERE DIFFERENT TESTING MATERIALS WILL BE USED.
