What is ITP?

Immune Thrombocypenic Purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disease that causes the antibodies to mount an attack on the platelets. Without a sufficient number of platelets, one is at risk for internal bleeding and bleeding that will not stop from a minor cut. Weekly blood draws are necessary to monitor the count. The normal platelet count is between 150,000-450,000. When the count drops to around 10,000, one is at risk for spontaneous internal bleeding and is rushed to the hospital for IV treatment. There is currently no cure or reason why ITP affects people all all gender, age, and race.

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Isolation

ITP is isolating. It controls your thoughts and takes over your mind.
     "You're all alone." "No one can help you." "No one understands the pain you're in." "No one knows how the medicine makes you feel." ITP is your own personal demon living inside of your mind. It exhausts you mentally, physically, and emotionally. 
     Sometimes I cannot get over the fact that no one around me understands how I feel. I have to remind myself that it doesn't matter if they know how I feel; it matters that I have support and encouragement to fight this disease.
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