Annealing Crater
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He was extremely vague about it throughout the stream. I was just rewatching to double check, and there was one point were he revealed a bit more (lied) and specifically said that the PV caused a hormone to appear in his blood that would not be there if he did not have cancer. Which just furthers the case that he is lying and has no idea what he’s talking about.he couldn't seem to provide us with the detail of whether his EPO levels were low or high when it's crucial for differentiating between primary and secondary polycythemia,
Regardless, the EPO levels are a minor factor in diagnosis according to current guidelines. The primary tests are a PCR test of the blood to detect the JAK2 mutation (which Boogie made no mention of because he’s lying) followed up by the bone marrow biopsy.
I suspect he may have tried to read up a bit for his lie based on a patient-targeted website that omits this information, such as this one which:
It’s very strange that he never makes any mention of the genetic test, as absent a bone marrow biopsy it is necessary for diagnosis. The EPO levels alone are not diagnostic without further testing.