Oh also, My cholesterol went way down on Gleevec. In a message dated 6/25/2010 9:43:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, sheila.a.wat...@gmail.com writes:
I've not been getting anything either, Greenie. Like Martin says, you probably just need to give it a good "cleaning" to get rid of some unwanted "malware" or "trogan" that you picked up somewhere. It's easy to do that without realizing. I use to use "Noadware" which cleaned off all the spyware cookies and such, but since having a problem with a program that was on my computer that interfered with internet service and just gave me general grief period, my son cleaned everything off and added "Malwarebytes Anti-malware" as well as "Avast! Anti-virus" and I just use all that frequently. It won't let me activate the Noadware program anymore, but it was a good program to use and simple. "AVG" is also a very good one to use as well. I use Facebook and have no problem. Just set your privacy controls and also "block" what or who you do not want. I do not know of any other CML'ers on there except maybe a couple from other countries. I, too, miss all our fellow CML survivors that use to post frequently here. It helped us all tremendously. I do hope they are doing well. I finally broke down and visited my doctor's nurse practitioner (primary doc.) who I was told is better than he is. I have to agree, I liked her very well. Told her what was going on with the pain in my side and wanting to schedule the colonoscopy to see what is going on, so it is set for the end of July. Everyone still thinks it's most likely Diversticulitis, which I do too. Along with not having a gall bladder. All the years since having that removed, I never once thought about my intestinal problems stemming from that. LOL!!! My mom being a nurse for many years (she's 81 now) came up with that saying that it seems that doctors quit giving their patients information on what not to eat after having their gall bladders removed like they did back in the earlier years such as fifties and sixties when she worked for our family doctor in one of the local clinics and hospitals. I had mine removed in '77 and they never told me one thing about certain foods causing digestive & intestinal problems afterwards. Oh well, we live and learn, don't we? She did run blood work, and all really looked good. My total cholesterol is down to 190, I can remember back in fall of 2004 after being on Gleevec since Feb. of that year, it ran around 356 with my good being a high number. The reason he let me work on it through diet and stuff......but, I am pretty sure it's the Gleevec that has brought it down and under control. The only red flag I saw was my platelets were 182 and I need to get my last blood work done at my Hem./Onc. last Feb., cause I thought they were up around 240 something. Not sure why they've dropped like that if it's true. I see her the 12th of July, so am not concerned. If there is a problem, I know she'll catch it. Everyone have a great day. 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 cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -- [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
