Blood Battles – Polycythemia Vera (PV)

David, a retiree from New Port Richey, Florida, started experiencing strange symptoms his doctors couldn’t explain, like dizziness and double vision.

He was eventually diagnosed with polycythemia vera (PV), a rare blood cancer that causes his bone marrow to make too many red blood cells, which can lead to life-threatening complications like blood clots.

At first, the 68-year-old felt that his condition shackled his active lifestyle. But David relied on his family, as well as his training as a former Alcoholics Anonymous member, to learn how to persevere through his ordeal.

This episode also features in-depth commentary from renowned expert Andrew Kuykendall, MD, Assistant Member, Department of Malignant Hematology, Moffitt Cancer Center.