Got my bone marrow biopsy results: Myleoproliferative Neoplasm w/ Essential Thrombocythemia

[davemchine]

I don’t know what any of this means but I wish you the best And hope your health improves.

[pRICE cUBE]

Dennis S wrote:
There was a CALR and SRSF2 mutation. It could have been a lot worse. Also, the medicine prescribed, Jakafi, is $12,000 a month, but after my insurance pays for it, it's $3.60 a month. And, if anyone ever has to have a bone marrow biopsy, mine wasn't as bad as I feared.

http://www.mpnresearchfoundation.org/Ess...bocythemia

I wish you the best outcome possible.

[pdq]

Rick-o wrote:
The name sounded much worse than the complications. miley-shocked003:

FWIW, in one (original) Star Trek, Bones leaves Star Fleet and the Enterprise because he has developed “xenopolycythemia”, which apparently is incurable and terminal. But he meets a alien woman with big hair (I think they all had big hair back then, didn’t they?) and special abilities who falls in love with him and cures him, all in the space of 60 minutes (if I’m remembering correctly).

Ah- here it is. Had some of the details scrambled. But we’re all glad that your thrombocythemia apparently won’t depend on alien women for a good outcome.

[AllGold]

Dennis, make darn sure that Rx price tag doesn't push you into the Medicare coverage gap or "donut hole".