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Hello My name is Chris Mize, Im 44yrs old from Hartwell,Ga. Having a platelet disorder is all new to me. I dont know what to expect from it, as of being now , weeks, or months later on. Im not sure when all the symtoms started but as for several months back I noticed I was tired alot. At work early in the am hours I was tired and had not really gotten into the day good yet. I would come home in the afternoons and take at times 3-4 hr naps everyday. Around the 1st of Sept/2012 while at work I noticed I had a big melon size bruise on my belly. That afternoon i noticed small red dots on my ankles and feet. The next morning another bruise appeared on my hand. I then thought it was a spider bite on my hand and belly. Went to the Dr and found out my blood platelets was at ZERO. I was sent to a specialist where again it was confirmed of my low count. And was told I had ITP. And was amitted to the hospital for 3 days. After hours and hours of treatment of IVIG and Rituximab over those 3 days my count went up to 29,000. I was released and sent home, where I spent the next 4 days in bed. I had a migraine those days and was puking often. When I return to the specialist , my blood platelet count had dropped back to 8,000. I recieved another 5hour treatment of Rituximab. Next week I will be going to my 2nd treatment. I hope that my count has held and even gone higher. Right now I cant even walk outside without getting tired and weak. I spend most of the days in bed....I was hoping to be able to go back to work 2 days ago, but the Dr says not for awhile. Im not sure how all this will efect my work abilities.
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