My prayers and thoughts are with Zavie and his family for his full recovery. He has been a pillar of strength. May God bless him. Lee Erstein Sent from my iPad
On May 29, 2011, at 6:23 AM, cmlhope+nore...@googlegroups.com wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/cmlhope/topics > > Question re; BCR-ABL results [2 Updates] > Question re; BCR-ABL results [1 Update] > Topic: Question re; BCR-ABL results > cjb <cjbenne...@hotmail.com> May 26 05:20PM -0700 ^ > > My husband was diagnosed with CML in 2009. His BCR-ABL results were > undetectable at the 12 month markc with 400 mg of Gleevec. But, at > the 18 month mark his BCR-ABL result was again detectable (.005). He > will get retested again in July. Is this a typical experience for CML > patients (undetectable then detectable again)? Does it mean that he > is becoming resistant to the Gleevec? We would welcome insights from > those with more experience with CML. Thank you very much. > > > Ricardo Gadelha <ricardodgade...@gmail.com> May 28 04:23PM -0300 ^ > > This is not a big deal. My son was diagnosed in may 2007 and his PCR have > never was undetectable , it goes up and down all the time. If it goes up by > 100 times the last value, you should talk to your Doc - in your case by PCR > > 0.5 > > > On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:20 PM, cjb <cjbenne...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > -- > Ricardo > > > Topic: Question re; BCR-ABL results > lblaine...@comcast.net May 28 06:31PM ^ > > I was on Gleevec for 1 1/2 years then my numbers started going up. I was then > put on Sprycel 140mg which I was unable to tolerate, so they lowered the > dosage to 100mg and it put me back undetectable very quickly. With Gleevec > you have to be careful with Tylenol products, and acid reflex medications. I > don't remember if my Onc let me go another one or two months after my numbers > started going up. I'm pretty sure he switched me almost immediately to > Sprycel. > > Lenda Coleman > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cjb" <cjbenne...@hotmail.com> > To: "CMLHope" <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:20:12 PM > Subject: [CMLHope] Question re; BCR-ABL results > > My husband was diagnosed with CML in 2009. His BCR-ABL results were > undetectable at the 12 month markc with 400 mg of Gleevec. But, at > the 18 month mark his BCR-ABL result was again detectable (.005). He > will get retested again in July. Is this a typical experience for CML > patients (undetectable then detectable again)? Does it mean that he > is becoming resistant to the Gleevec? We would welcome insights from > those with more experience with CML. Thank you very much. > > -- > [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 -- [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
