Hi Doris-bmt, According to web-md a rare side effect of Gleevec is Retinal Hemorrhage as well as Eye Bleeds.
Although I have never been on it, I had a bone marrow transplant almost 23 years ago, I have heard of this happening many times with people taking Gleevec. It usually subsides in a short time with no permement eye damage. What you have here is a trade off. You may have some side effects but your still alive to have these side effects. As long as your getting out of bed every morning and doing what you do then your doing well. You being on Gleevec for the past eleven years proves it. If Gleevec were available when I had CML I would have opted for it rather then having that bone marrow transplant. Not to say that there may be certain people that will need a BMT because it all depends on their circumstances. Even so, I would have still liked to try it... 18's (symbol for life) Marty On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Dorisbmt <doris...@aol.com> wrote: > > I have had eye bleeds but I don't know if gleevec has anything to do with > it. I've been on gleevec since 2002. > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S™ II Skyrocket™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone. > > -- > [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
