Hi Millie: How are you doing? I wish I had better words but all I can think is crap, you've been through so much that it is time for you to just be well. I'm sure I speak for many on this site when I say you will be in so many devout prayers. What can we do as a group to support you? Is there a safe way to get your address? My email is margoo...@aol.com.
Much love and please know you are in my thoughts. Marcie Sent from my iPad On Jul 16, 2013, at 8:27 PM, "C.M. Houtz" <ho...@ptd.net> wrote: > Marty....You and I were diagnosed in the same year. I had my sisters tested > but there wasn't a good match. I then decided that I'd take the 5 years that > they gave me rather then hunt for a match....I also was reaching the age > where they wouldn't do a transplant, so it was a choice I made. They started > giving me shots of Interferon and I thought I'd die on that. It got so bad > that at times I had to have the nurse come out of the clinic to give me my > shot in my car because I couldn't make it in. In PA they wouldn't let me > give the shots to myself and so for 5 days a week I got the shots. On > Monday, Tues. and Wed. I wish I were dead. I ran high fevers and couldn't > get out of bed most days with the exception of going to the clinic for my > shot. By Thurs. I was feeling better and then Friday thru Sunday were okay. > Monday it started all over again because they wouldn't give me the shots on > the weekends...No one was there that could do it. After wishing for > death...and I'm not exaggerating...They put me on a medication I believe was > called Hydroxeria, but that would never put me into remission. Gleevec came > a little later and I never got into remission with that either. After that > stopped working, they put me on Tasigna. I've been on that for 6 years and > it did put me into remission. It has always been a struggle of some sort, > and now the liver issue, but I'm still alive, and still here. I did tell > everyone that he is putting me on a liver transplant list...so we shall see. > I never give up...I'm just happy that I've had the time I've had. Much > longer then the 5 years they gave me in the beginning. I can't imagine being > in a small bubble for 7 mo. I am sure that you had to fight to adjust to > that. You are such a strong person, and that probably helped you towards > being one. > > I am not giving in to this thing and will live as long as I can as I have > many things to accomplish. > > Many hugs and 18's, > Millie > -- > -- > [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.
