Thanks for the wonderful info, Nancy! Cathy --- In [email protected], "hey00nanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Dear Group, > I am glad that my post with information about the cml status of Marque > and Sandra prior to their recent deaths was helpful to a number of > people and calmed your fears. It is important, as someone else wrote, > to remember that we are not all in the same medical situation, even > through we all have CML. > > As a reminder....there are usually 3 phases of CML. Without treatment, > the chronic phase usually lasts about 3-5 years and the cells function > for the most part normally. > > Then there is progression to the accelerated phase (again, without > treatment) and this usually lasts from 1-2 years. In this phase there > are other changes (higher basophils and other clonal evolution or > changes) and the disease is becoming harder to control. > > The final phase is blast crisis, where most of the cells are immature > blast cells and they do not function normally. This phase is often > terminal within about 6 months. > > The GOOD NEWS is that most of the people on this list are in chronic > phase and their disease is well controlled by medication. The goal is > to remain in chronic phase CML........people don't die from CML in > chronic phase. > > The hope for those that are moving into accelerated phase, or even > blast crisis, is that treatment will return them to the chronic phase. > Sometimes the treatment of choice at this point will be a BMT. > > I hope this information is also helpful for some people. As a Gleevec > turtle, I always remind myself that "chronic is good!" > > May we all remain chronic until a cure is found. > Nancy C. New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
