Yes, I have been told that I had a leukemia with long life expectancy. So far (knock on wood) so good....7 yr in remission on Gleevec. Angie
--- On Tue, 8/5/08, kellyelise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: kellyelise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CMLHope] Re: about CML causes To: "CMLHope" <CMLHope@googlegroups.com> Received: Tuesday, August 5, 2008, 3:38 PM Hi SuzieQ: I had a ton of x-rays when I was 14 years old due to a fracture of my left wrist. They could not get the bones to heal, so weekly calcium shots and constant xrays were performed. After 9 months, my arm finally healed. Then, as an adult, I worked in a hospital where this small room was at one time an xray room - it was lead lined. I worked for years in that small room with 7 other people. Would old radiation hang out in that lead-lined room? Doubtful, but who knows? Then, how much radiation are you exposed to by working on computers for years and years? My local onc told me that CML is the luck of the draw. I guess we all drew a crappy hand (lol) - but, it could always be worse;. Did anyone else's onc tell them that they got the "good" leukemia? Just curious, I've been told this. Chin up! Kelly On Aug 4, 5:00 pm, Suzieq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim: > > I asked my first doctor about this very same thing in the > beginning .......my mother was the one who told me to ask him if > having an extreme amount of x-rays done might cause this. When I was > 13 yrs old back in the mid-sixties.....I had scoliosis very bad that > they had to remove a rib and do a spinal fusion.....I had a massive > amount of x-rays done during that time & thru once a year checkups > until I was 20 years old. My mother being a LPN during that time > questioned the doctor on all the radiation exposure and he told her > that it was enough that I probably wouldn't be able to conceive and > bare any children. (She failed to tell me that & I did go through a > lot of fertility problems but did manage to have a son later). My CML > doctor said that more than likely......this contributed to my CML. > I sort of figured it had to do with that or with where I had worked in > one of the aircraft factories in Wichita during the middle 70's and > maybe some exposure there to certain paints, etc. I was there for > five years....no telling what all we had around us that was toxic > (smile). > > Keep Looking Up, > Suzieq --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
