10 yrs ago, I was Dx’d w/Polycythemia Vera (PV) a blood cancer. I rarely talk about it b/c I am more likely to live with than die from it. But any sentence that starts, “I have” and ends “__ cancer,” may cause ppl to react. A cancer dx is a shock to everyone who hears it. Lives are changed. I was no different. I begin my day w/low dose chemo. I will take it for life. For mos., I was in denial. Is this real? Was the doctor wrong? PV is marked by a higher-than-normal hematocrit (HCT) (40 – 52) and