Richard and all you cold people out there,

Here I am (as always) running a few days behind on the posts, but I 
read this topic and had to chime in.....

I am always cold. Even in the summer, I get chilled. Everyone thinks 
that I am crazy (well I probably am!) As far as weight goes, I had 
gained 20 lbs after starting gleevec 3 years ago, and then without 
me even trying, it all came back off this past summer. I got all 
nervous thinking that the CML had become active again, but all my 
tests done in November came back negative, with the PCR unchanged 
also. My doctor at MD Anderson had me get my thyroid checked locally 
just 3 weeks ago, and that test came back normal (low normal but 
normal). So, we don't know why I lost my weight, but now I know that 
I can just enjoy the weight loss and not worry that something else 
is going on. 

Maybe this gives a little hope to all you out there whom I know are 
struggling with weight gain issues. You never know, It just might go 
away on its own one day. 

Take care!

Trisha--age 41
Parsons, Kansas
dx 9/99

--- In [email protected], rrockef1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm interested to hear that so many people are cold intolerant on 
IM. A few
> years ago the possibility of IM affecting the thyroid came up as a 
possible
> explanation of the weight gain that many experience on the drug.  
A number
> of us had our thyroid functions checked, and as I recall, almost 
all were
> normal. 





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