Haven't been here in ages!!

My link here disappeared and I forgot to find it again until now! Been an exciting few months or more since I was last here. I had yet another knee replaced (actually I had my first knee done, the partial knee replacement, revised to a total knee replacement) 7 weeks ago. AFter years of no problems with my ITP, I arrived at the hospital with a count of 69,000, almost 40,000 less than the week before at my pre-op. I had the surgery anyway, anesthesia switched from spinal (which I had had done before) to general anesthesia and a platelet transfusion thrown in there. My platelets dropped to 42,000 the next day. My hematologist, whose office is in the hospital, visited, put me on prednisone (which I hadn't had in years and years-the last time for my ITP in 1986 when I was pregnant and once since then for poison ivy) which upped it nicely to the 60s and eventually over 100,000 while still in the hospital. I also got a platelet transfusion and my autologous blood (what I donated before surgery for myself in case I needed it) while there. I had heart racing due to a potassium deficiency-fixed with medication and a horrible IV infusion of it). Since the surgery, my count went up to over 200,000 and I tapered off the prednisone very quickly, maybe 10 days total of taking it. I had finally gotten my hematologist to let me come in every 3 instead of 4 months for a check in but this whole thing now has me going in monthly. Hoping in a few months, he will let me go back to every 3 or 4 months. Meanwhile, my count is going back to its normal levels slowly, currently at 98,000. I was very happy that I had a good reaction to the prednisone without much problems with side effects. Since I was recovering from major surgery, it actually was slightly beneficial, especially in reducing arthitic pains in the joints I didn't have replaced (since I have arthritis there too, and had to be off my Nsaid=-which I am back on now, with permission from my hemo.).
So that's my saga! Hoping everyone has being doing well here. I am on Facebook=was a friend to the PDSA there but my account got hacked about 3 weeks ago and I had to start a new account so I need to refriend it:) See you there perhaps!

Hey there girl! Glad you're doing better now - nice to hear from you!

How do you know if your account gets hacked?

Welcome back, Caroline! Good to hear from you.

In my sister's place, when she finally got back on Face Book, she had a message from them stating that someone had hacked into her account and told her from where; New York of all places since we're in Canada. But I think all she had to do was set a new password.

I found out I was hacked when someone I know mentioned about a newspaper article I posted about a shooting near her and I hadn't posted it! I didn't want to take any chances about the hacking so I deactivated that first account and started with a new one. When I went back to the pdsa page there last night, I discovered I had already befriended it (hadn't remembered), lol.
Hoping this will be the last time I have a platelet issue. Of all the times for it to have shown up again, it was not a good time! I was shocked to say the least. But, as I said, I was very happy that the prednisone did what it needed to do especially since the last time I had it for the ITP, in 1986 when I was pregnant with my 3rd son, I remember my high risk OB GYN telling me I seemed more resistant to the prednisone than I had when I was pregnant with my 2nd son! I guess time improved that, lol!

JUst realized I need desperately to change my signature but can't figure out where but I'll find it eventually!

Found the signature fixed, now must test!