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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Cancer / February 2005Low platelets?
They wouldn't give Dad cause the Dr. said his platelets were low. Are platelets the red blood or what? > They wouldn't give Dad cause the Dr. said his platelets were low. Are > platelets the red blood or what? Hello Anna, It's been a while since we heard from you. There are three main types of cells in your blood: white cells, red cells and platelets. Platelets help the blood to clot, so that heavy bleeding does not occur when you cut or hurt yourself. When there are not enough platelets in the blood, you may bruise or bleed easily Platelets, which are also called thrombocytes, are actually fragments of cells called megakaryocytes. The body uses platelets in the clotting process to plug holes in leaking blood vessels. Hopefully that answers your question. I have a concern about you. I hear that AOL will stop newserver service this month. Have you made plans for a new newsserver and newsreader? (there's another post that explains where to get a free newsserver, then decision about newsreader has to be made, downloaded, installed, set up (settings) and at the ready for when AOL stops their news service. Hugs J It's been a while since we heard from you. There are three main types of cells in your blood: white cells, red cells and platelets. Platelets help the blood to clot, so that heavy bleeding does not occur when you cut or hurt yourself. When there are not enough platelets in the blood, you may bruise or bleed easily Platelets, which are also called thrombocytes, are actually fragments of cells called megakaryocytes. The body uses platelets in the clotting process to plug holes in leaking blood vessels. Hopefully that answers your question. I have a concern about you. I hear that AOL will stop newserver service this month. Have you made plans for a new newsserver and newsreader? (there's another post that explains where to get a free newsserver, then decision about newsreader has to be made, downloaded, installed, set up (settings) and at the ready for when AOL stops their news service. Hugs J From Anna, Hi J, Wasn't sure this post would be posted after getting the message about the newsgroups. Don't know what I'll do if they stop having them on AOL. I get good info from you all here. I hate when AOL changes things. When they decide to make things easier for those with better computers and forget about the rest of us. Even if we are just a few. Dad is doing ok. The combination of chemo, Valcade and steroids is working. His protein count is slowly dropping so he wasn't to upset about having to skip having the chemo today. > J:It's been a while since we heard from you. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > protein count is slowly > dropping so he wasn't to upset about having to skip having the chemo today. Hi Anna, it's good to read that your Dad's doing okay. Hugs J > Wasn't sure this post would be posted after getting the message about > the newsgroups. Don't know what I'll do if they stop having them on AOL. I > get good info from you all here. I hate when AOL changes things. When they > decide to make things easier for those with better computers and forget about > the rest of us. Even if we are just a few. Hello Anna, Well there's quite a few (on various other newsgroups) who are busily changing newsreaders (and have been for weeks now), so it's best to get moving. I've got an "oldie" computer too (comparatively speaking). Do you have the details about your computer? What system is running on it? Version of Windows? 3.1? Win95/97 or ?? Hard Drive space? RAM ? (memory) MHz? (speed) Does it have a dialup modem? In the meantime, in case AOL pulls the plug soon, please copy and save these in a text file. Start, Menu, copy and paste into Notepad or Wordpad This is how some AOL'ers (and others) have accessed newsgroups (through Google - it's a newsreader and server but rather klutsy to use), but in an emergency or from remote (other) computers can be accessed for free. http://groups-beta.google.com/advanced_search?q=& (then sort by date) and type alt.support.cancer into the newsgroup box. (try it and you'll see the most recent posts first). Save/bookmark the result, so you can pull it back up with the next most recent results. By trying to reply to a post, it will ask for you for a signin and password, which you would have to set up and then wait for their confirm email that you've been signed up. This is a free news server http://news.individual.net/ Both require signing up (registration). The latter requires a newsreader. So in theory, you could continue using AOL for other AOL sites and emails. then you could use a browser and newsreader such as Mozilla or if your computer can only handle small programs, there's could be Netscape 4.XX. That's what I've been using for years. It's not perfect but it works. Other factors to consider: I assume you pay AOL for service? I don't know if their cost will lower, if they're stopping "newsgroups". Do you know? Could you afford an ISP ? If you decided to discontinue AOL totally? And use a different combined email and newsreader (and browser). There are many choices. There's even webtv. My understanding is limited, but I think it's one charge and one can watch TV or switch over to computer (and email or newsgroups or browsing), but I don't think it has a hard drive. So do you have saved stuff on your computer? If so, webtv probably isn't a good choice. Lots to think about. If you need help sorting out what computer system you have, I'm hoping you have a friend. neighbour or relative who can be there and look (not do anything), just look on your computer and you write down the computer specs. If you had same who's a real whiz at computers AND does newsgroups, perhaps they can help you make the right decision for you and not muck up your computer in the process. Let us know Hugs J xy123lib@anon.anon said... > This is how some AOL'ers (and others) have accessed newsgroups (through Google - it's a > newsreader and server but rather klutsy to use) A friend of mine uses a newsreader with her AOL account. The way Google is currently screwing up NG posts is dire.  SignatureIf you can keep your head when all around are losing theirs... then you've failed to grasp some important aspect of the situation. >> Wasn't sure this post would be posted after getting the message about >> the newsgroups. Don't know what I'll do if they stop having them on AOL. I [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > This is a free news server > http://news.individual.net/ This news server can take a few days to get the registration back. It does not do binaries; if you want to post pictures or view newsgroups that contain images there is no access to those newsgroups. > Both require signing up (registration). > The latter requires a newsreader. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Could you afford an ISP ? If you decided to discontinue AOL totally? And use a > different combined email and newsreader (and browser). There are a lot of newsreaders available for MAC http://www.newsreaders.com/mac/clients.html or If you only use support groups Support Talk is free http://www.supportalk.com/ > There are many choices. There's even webtv. My understanding is limited, but I think > it's one charge and one can watch TV or switch over to computer (and email or [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Hugs > J I don't have a lot of current experience with MACs. I was wondering if someone in the NG has MAC experience and is willing to help others if they have problems changing news clients or servers? I can help AOL users that run Windoze 95/98/ME/2000/XP. If you need help start a new thread on the NG. Jerry > If you only use support groups Support Talk is free > http://www.supportalk.com/ It repeats our posts but puts ads in the middle of the messages.. J > > If you only use support groups Support Talk is free > > http://www.supportalk.com/ > > It repeats our posts but puts ads in the middle of the messages.. > J They're also replaying the breast cancer newsgroup. The ads are subject sensitive and powered by Google. For instance, "foot rash" thread, has ads for rash treatments FAQ thread has (and these are clickable links). Prostate Cancer Treatment 10 Ways to Treat Prostate Cancer Symptoms Treatments and Resources Canblur.com Guaranteed Prostate Help Herbal support for prostate health Stop problems, pain & urination www.pblurr.com Tibetan Bladder Support Himalayan herbal medicine for bladder infections. www.tibblurs.com/bladdersupport Prostate Cancer Survival Effective herbal medicine directly from China www.4ublur.com (I've BLUR'ed the urls) By the amount of threads and posts, it looks to that they've been doing this for over a year, at least. Threads 2,689 Messages 13,082 probably picking them up from Google archives? J > >> Wasn't sure this post would be posted after getting the message about > >> the newsgroups. > > If you only use support groups Support Talk is free > http://www.supportalk.com/ Well, I'm not referring people there (for the reasons that I later posted). they make their web page look "busy" by copying posts from here. And it's got too much advertisement. (No different than posting through Google, but newsreader is the way to go, IMO) I'll not be adding it to the list of "other resources" FYI, and FWIW J >> If you only use support groups Support Talk is free >> http://www.supportalk.com/ [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > FYI, and FWIW > J J, I have used Support Talk to get archive info, as they show up on Google web searches. I have Pop-ups and advertising blocked so I do not see most of it, and the rest I can easily ignore. I am very focused when looking for information. I agree, newsreader clients are the way to go. BTW, if there are any people left with problems finding a client or server, please start a new thread and I will try my best to help resolve your problems. (Disclaimer - I have not used a MAC in many years so I am not the best choice if you are running MAC OS. I will try to get you to someone that can help.) Jerry > BTW, if there are any people left with problems finding a client or server, > please start a new thread and I will try my best to help resolve your > problems. (Disclaimer - I have not used a MAC in many years so I am not the > best choice if you are running MAC OS. I will try to get you to someone > that can help.) I am on a mac, so I may be able to answer questions. Bob SignatureWARNING: consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you. Bob In Carmel, CA > This is a free news server > http://news.individual.net/ > > Both require signing up (registration). > The latter requires a newsreader. Different news servers offer different subsets of usenet news groups. First you have to find a free server that has the groups that you regularly access. http://freenews.maxbaud.net/ Then, get a news reader. I strongly recommend xnews. It is free, stable, has exceptionally good kook filters, and isn't a Microsoft product. Best of all, I won't feel rejected and unloved as I would be if you failed to unerringly heed my advice on all things technical. Obtain it at http://xnews.newsguy.com Unless you like playing with beta releases, get the production version, which is v5.04.25 That's assuming that you are running a windows box. if you're on linux, knode comes with the kde desktop on any distro that includes kde. Signature"Some witty person in rec.arts.sf.composition (I forget who) called them feral apostrophes. Untamed, unregulated, they roam the wastes of the English language and pop up where lea'st expected." > They wouldn't give Dad cause the Dr. said his platelets were low. Are > platelets the red blood or what? Platelets are clear and the protective clotting component of the blood. They are what causes clotting and prevention of excess bleeding after an injury or surgery. Some herbal supplements , drugs and other chemicals can reduce the platelet count in the body. eveline From Anna, Hi Eveline, Thanks for the info. http://www.psbc.org/education/hematology/default.htm Is a good explanation of what platelets do. I suspect it is from either the disease or the treatment causing the platelet count to go down, Nice to hear from you, Alex |
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