Hi Suzieq, I can understasnd why your frightened to take a Gleevec vacation. Hopefully one of these days CML will be a disease of the past.
18's Marty On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Suzieq <sheila.a.wat...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Millie: I am 58 years old, Millie. > > @Marty: No Gleevec Vacations for me. My doctor said she did not feel > comfortable with that and I told her neither did I. It took me 6 & 1/2 > years on the Gleevec to finially start stringing the "0" 's together. I > will tell you this, too, while on the subject of taking a Gleevec Vacation > and what my doctor said. She said out of all the studies that are being > done where people go off the Gleevec via their doctor's permission, half > of the study group has the CML returning within a year's time. I do not > want to take that chance of being one of those people. > > @greenie: I guess you see where we are under the extreme heat here in > Missouri. It was 106 when I came home about an hour ago. For the next ten > days, triple digits or high 90's with absolutely no rain in sight. > Everything is drying up around here except what we water. I've lived here > since '89, I've never seen it this hot or this dry for such long periods > of time. And, hardly ever in June. We've had 3 rain showers for the > months of May & June. Produced maybe a little over an inch......it's very, > very bad here right now. > > Well, thank you all. Y'all all 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