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| TTP - Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura |
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| Wishing Happy Platelets to all !! |
| TTP Survivors |
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| TTP is a rare, blood disorder involving rapid consumption of platelets due to a breakdown in the chemical processes that initiate and control the clotting process. The secondary effects are the rapid mechanical destruction of red blood cells and tissue damage in the body's organs resulting from ischemia (tissue starvation.) As the uncontrolled clotting process progresses, platetes and red blood cells are depleted faster than they can be replaced by the bone marrow, and many tissues and vital organs incur varying degrees of cellular damage. With prompt diagnosis and treatment, most patients survive their initial episode, although a small percentage of patients do die. In fatal cases the cause is most often due to an extememly progressed disease state or the presence of a co-morbid condition that has already compromised the patient's ability to tolerate the stress of the disease. the great majority of patients who demonstrate an initial reponse to treatment will eventually recover, even if they later require additional treatments to achieve remission. There is no predicatabiliy or pattern. Each patient seems to express TTP as a unique disorder in terms of onset, response to treatment, recovery and relapse. There is no cure. Patients who recover are classified as being in remission. above information taken from the TTP Primer an educational tool for TTP survivors and interested persons. Thank you Karen W. for the wonderful work you did with this research to provide us all with the TTP Primer |
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| Mary - Pennsylvania |
| Mike - Florida |
| Nancy - Ohio |
| March 2005 |
| April 23, 2004 |
| December 15, 2005 |
| June 1963 - ongoing |
| August 1990 - 21 relapses |
| Anneli - Sweden |
| ongoing since 2003 |
| Special Thank You to all who have donated blood/plasma... Because of you... we are able to travel the long roads ahead !! |
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| If you would like to be added to the list of survivors, please email me directly with photo, dates and your favorite quote to: [email protected] |
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| "Live today to it's fullest... as we never know if it may be our last... " |
| Cara - New Mexico |
| What is TTP.? Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia Purpura |
| "I am with you always" |
| God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, Corage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. |
| "The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to your surroundings" |
| have a favorite link you want to share, send it to me, and I'll add it here... |
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| Success does not come in never falling, but by rising, everytime you fall. |
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| Thank you to everyone in my TTP family... I honestly don't know how I would survive without any of you.. |
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| Special Prayers |
| Benjamen and Natalie |
| All survivors of this TTP family, and anyone new who encounters this TTP monster. for High Platelets and continued strength and remission !!! |
| God Bless Everyone |
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| Jason - recent relapse.... hang in there. |
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| Never be scared to go to unknown surroundings, because you may lose your footstep for awhile.. but if you don't go there, you may lose yourself. |
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| Gary Booth - Tennessee |
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| Karen - Florida |
| Nov. 11, 1994 |
| "Never say never" |
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| Jeannie & Mum |
| Melinda |
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| "Footprints in the Sand" |
| Deneen |
| 1999 |
| Tania - South Africa |
| April 1998 |
| What doesn't have the power to kill you, only makes you stronger.. |
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| High Platelets !!! |
| The trail is beautiful..be still |
| March 2000 - 3 relapses |
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| Jason - Tennessee |
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| April 29, 2003 |
| Christie - Pennsylvania |
| If you can beat TTP, you can beat anything ! |
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| Today is a new day. Thank God for one more good day in the sun or rain. |
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| Anneli |
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