Jim: I had this discussion with my Chiropractor not to long ago, even carried him the drug information that Novartis sent to me about all the side effects. The reason for me showing this to him, he has treated me for some time now saying that I had arthritis that has set up really bad in both Sacroiliac Joints and now I have it in a joint right behind the second toe on the left foot, and am beginning to think it's beginning to set up some in the right hand. We think that the Gleevec helped to "expedite" the arthritis along. I will turn 60 in September, so I expected to suffer later on in life, not this early. There have been times I can't even stand up straight. I have an appointment on June 3rd with an orthopedic surgeon to get his opinion about my lower back problems. I suffer a lot from sciatica going down the back of both legs at times, and lately I've been getting around with a cane.
I discussed the "arthritis" problem at my last doctor visit at the cancer center. She said that they have had some patients who have had to go through chemotherapy and noticed that their arthritis lessened while on Chemo, but as soon as they finished with the drugs, the arthritis pain came right back. I think I even asked about "Celebrex", but seems doctors are hesitant about prescribing that. Right now, my regiment is 325/5 Hydrocodone along with Advil Liquid Gels. I hate taking drugs, but the stabbing pains at night into my hip almost makes me cry, so go ahead and take it for the relief. Thanks, 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 --- 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.
