My husband was diagnosed in 1991 with Thrombocythemia after a severe
cut to his hand. He has been on Interferon shots, Anagylide, and
Hydrea. The only thing that really works for him at getting the
platelett count down to a manageable range without totally knocking him
out is the Hydrea. The shots had a terrible side affect in that
he was just "out of it" as well as the Anagylide (sp). The Hydrea
does have side effects that give him terrible mouth sores if he take
too much, so he regulates the amount of drug that he takes. He
knows that the doctors want the count down, but he actually loses
weight from the mouth sores as he can't eat. This has been going
on for some time time and now he is reading that this could be linked
to Agent Orange - he served in Vietnam two different times. Have
you heard anyting of this. No one else in the family has this -
don't know where it came from.