IS THERE A CONECTION BETWEEN POLYCYTHEMIA AND AML? HEREDITARY? GENETIC?

THIS IS MY FIRST POST SO HERE GOES. IN 2003 MY FATHER DIED OF AML. HE WAS DIAGNOSED DEC.24,2002 AND DIED JAN.17, 2003.  IT WAS A VERY SUDDEN DEATH THAT EVEN CAUGHT MY COUSIN (THE DOCTOR) OFF GUARD. NOW I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH POLYCYTHEMIA. COULD MY FATHER HAVE HAD THIS BLOOD DISORDER  NO ONE CAUGHT?  IS THIS GOING TO MEAN I HAVE AML???

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BACK IN 2004, I WOUND UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH WALKING PNEUMONIA.  I WAS ALSO SUFFERING FROM POLYCYTHEMIA. I WAS 50 LBS OVERWEIGHT AND IN SEVERE BACK PAIN. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS A TYPE -2 DIABETIC.  IS THERE A CONNECTION BETWEEN POLYCYTHEMIA AND TYPE 2-DIABETES?  CAN THE SYMPTOMS OF POLYCYTHEMIA BE MISTAKEN FOR TYPE 2- DIABETES?