Hi Suzan, I had those skin ulcers on Gleevec. They would start out looking like a small blister and then grow to the size of a boil. They sure were painful. Then one day, they went away. I failed on Gleevec and am now on Tasigna. We have a special Tasigna support group for CML WARRIORS who failed Gleevec and other cancer drugs and are on Tasigna. Would you like to join the group. If so, just give me the e-mail you want to sign in with and tell us when you start Tasigna. Tasigna has been a miracle drug for me. Hope you do great on it. Blessings, Jeanie<3 In a message dated 3/14/2009 1:01:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, skracml2...@yahoo.com writes:
Hi everyone. After 4 1/2 years on Gleevec my doctor switched me to Sprycel. I had continued to have multiple side effects on the Gleevec so in late Nov he put me on the Sprycel. I really seemed to do better on it but I did notice my hair was coming out pretty fast. It never did that with the Gleevec. However, I did develop some pretty severe skin ulcers about 3 weeks after starting the Sprycel. I didn't think much about it but I found a site about Sprycel the begining of March and it showed that skin ulcers were a serious side effect. I showed it to my doctor and he stopped it right then. It states that less than 1% of people are affected with the skin ulcers. I had been being treated for them since Dec by my regular doctor and not until I found that article did we put two and two together. My onc was glad that I found the information because he was unaware of this serious side effect to Sprycel. I am the only CML patient at this cancer center. Now he is going to put me on Tasgnia. Wish me luck with it. Suzan **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1220439616x1201372437/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
