Low risk ET (JAK2+) and common illnesses lasting longer?
Hi all,
35f, diagnosed last year in April.
(ETA: low risk, but high symptom burden with bone pain and fatigue and before clopidogrel, migraines).
I have a feeling this isn't linked but I wanted to hear from others. I have had what I thought was just a common cold but it's been clinging on for over a week now, and it seems to be getting worse again. I feel awful today. I'm not ill ill, but I have no energy, my throat has been "gunky" and a cough that's come and gone, along with on and off mild headaches.
I haven't been ill for a while but when I had covid two years before being diagnosed, it took me out, despite being a relatively healthy 31 year old at the time. I did smoke, but my partner at the time who was a much heavier smoker had an easier time than I did.
I stopped smoking over a year ago now. My overall health is a little worse due to a variety of factors impacting exercise which I know won't be helping, but I was wondering if it's normal that we suffer a little more when we are fighting common illnesses? If fatigue maybe plays a role?
I'm low risk and only taking clopidogrel.
Any feedback welcome!