Dear Skip, Marty, Millie, and all those warriors who are struggling right now. I want to pass along a great big hug filled with hope, and light, and healing and positive energy. We need each other during the rough times and I am so glad we have one another. I too have been struggling mightily, but find the one thing that helps, that I keep on working on, is trusting in, believing in, knowing that we can live and love well inspite of and perhaps in some cases because of our illness and how it informs our lives. Isolation and fear are powerful tools that push against us. Community and holding hope and faith for ourselves, our bodies and our spirits, here, united together, will serve and guide us well. I read every day and think of all my fellow warriors out there, those who write, and those who read, and send a prayer to all for peace of mind body and spirit.
I tried bosutinib and had horrible side effects at a moderate dose, muscle rigidity all over the body, elevated cpk, emotional distress... after 8 weeks, the BCR showed it had not done anything for the cancer, the cancer had actually grown threw it and I lost two logs. So now back on sprycel at 50 and working on getting back into remission. As I had to go off sprycel in December because of toxicity, it's a scary time. But I remain positive and am researching alternative and complementary options to aid with the toxiicity. If anyone has any suggestions about muscle spasticity, please let me know. I can handle the rashes, migraines, muscle wasting/fatigue/ weakness, But this one is new, ongoing and the greatest challenge yet. thanks for yoru help. Beth -----Original Message----- From: gene and guy Larcher <gandglarc...@gmail.com> To: cmlhope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> Sent: Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:49 am Subject: [CMLHope] Skip Duffie Dear Skip: So good to hear from you after quite some time. Very sorry to hear you have been so poorly but the good news is that you are getting better. You, along with Marty, have given tremendous hope to the rest of us and shown how to bear long illness with good spirits. Dear old warrior - we wish you the very best and hope to hear much more from you in the future. Guy -- -- [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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- [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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
