Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

I did some research on the interwebs today on what exactly TTP is. Most of the sites I found including wikipedia were extremely technical and when you have absolutely no medical knowledge like myself it's nice to find an information site that breaks it down. 

http://www.ouhsc.edu/platelets/TTP/what%20is%20ttp.html

This is pretty much what the doctors have been telling me all week, but the good news is that I am responding very well to treatment. The pheresis nurse said today they have had people in the hospital for 10 weeks, thank goodness that will not be me. 

I would like to encourage everyone out there to go donate to your local red cross. They pull both red blood cells and plasma from donated blood. When you donate blood they take about one unit, I'm going through 14 plus units per treatment, so you can see how far one donation can go. I've always tried to donate whenever I can. I haven't been able to donate since last September when I was diagnosed with West Nile via the Red Cross and now with the transfusions I won't be able to donate for at least another year. So I'm passing the buck so to speak and hope that everyone out there will go donate for a good cause. You never know who will need it.