Polycythemia vera

[Vince825]

I was diagnosed about 7 years ago with Polycythemia Vera and within the last 6 months or so I have been noticing that I cant seem to remember things too well, my ears are ringing very badly, my chest hurts bad at night when I lay down and the headaches are real bad at times. I get very sharp pains in my feet and legs now.  My question is that since the symptoms are getting noticably worse over the course of the last couple of years, is there anything else I can do to control them.  This is a terrible long drawn out disease and I have read that people have a normal life with this disease, but the way I feel is no where close to normal.  I was diagnosed at a young age. 37.  I am now almost 44.