Hi there,
I was also diagnosed around age 8 and I'm now 43 (!) so it's definitely possible to transition into adulthood and lead a normal life with college, travel, and all of the usual adult things.
We'd have to know more about your situation to give you specific advice, but I will agree with Sandi that the best thing that anyone with ITP can do is to research and learn. You need to drive the doctors, so that they aren't always driving you. There are lots of hematologist/oncologists out there with outdated info on ITP, terrible ideas about ITP treatment, and all kinds of different philosophies. You have to watch your back and not jump blindly into any particular treatment without full knowledge. With ITP the treatments are often worse than the condition. Good luck and this forum is a great place to ask questions.
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