Hi Maria, First I am glad to see you posting. You might have seen all of the people on here welcome you to the group.
It seems like a lot that you have been through but everything worked for you and you have your family to take care of. That was probably the main reason that you did so well. You seem to be a very strong willed person. Most people on here have similiar stories so your not alone, but the main thing here is that your doing so well. I always end any of my posts with two numbers, 1 and 8 which are the symbol for life. 18's to you Maria, and don't be a stranger here we all look forward to continue hearing from you. Marty On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:14 PM, <mariacash...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well guys, here is how it all started, and how I was diagnosed. > > I am an anthropologist (physical anthropologist and archeologist), a wife > and a mother. Of course, I am used to working hard, almost like a slave > (all mom’s are J). I guess about 7 years ago, I started feeling a little > more tired than usual...I mean, field work is hard, working from 7:30 AM > until 3:00 PM at construction sites doing archaeological monitoring, pickup > my daughter at 4:00 PM or so and spending the rest of the day with her, > cooking, waiting for my husband to come home from work. Putting the kid to > sleep at night. Then, I would have to write my reports and if lucky, slept > a couple of hours to start a new day… > > Mom can’t get sick…I started to feel more tired than usual, heavy night > sweats, pain in the back, left side just above the waist…Doctors said it was > nothing, probably my imagination…It got to the point that I would come home > exhausted. I couldn’t even do house work. I would move the furniture to > sweep and mop, then I had to sit for half an hour in order to be able to put > everything back in place, Once I had my white blood count high and my > doctor told me that that only meant that I had an infection… > > On December 18th 2011 I had to go to the ER of my nearest hospital. After > examination and testing, xrays, ct, etc, they even considered sending me > home until the CBC arrived. I was hospitalized just when the x-mass season > was getting good and my 14 year old was on vacation from school. WE had so > many plans that were never accomplished!!!! Knowing that my daughter was > suffering my absence was the main factor that gave strength specially > because not even my family came through. We were and still are just 3, my > husband, my daughter and I… > > I was then transferred from the hospital I was in to a government operated > hospital area known here in Puerto Rico as CENTRO MEDICO. The HOSPITAL > UNIVERSITARIO DE ADULTOS has a specialized unit for leukemia patients. THEY > SAVED MY LIFE. > > I had my first bone marrow aspiration and biopsy done at the first hospital. > Results were in soon, 2 days or so and results were given to my husband to > take over to the new hospital. Results were horrible, although at that time > I didn’t pay much attention to them. Thank GOD I did not!!! I would have > given up then and there. > > Final Diagnosis: > > Comprehensive Assessment: BLAST PHASE OF CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA WITH > T(9,22) AND DELETION OF 9Q. > > The patients peripheral blood smear shows markedly increased blasts. The > bone marrow core biopsy also reveals a large population of blasts; including > 80% of the maroow spaces. The blasts are small to intermediate in size with > high N:C ratio, immature chromatin and a small amount of cytoplasm with > occasional cytoplasmic granules… the blasts are positive for MPO,CD66, > LYSOZYME with no significant expression of CD34 AND CD117… > > > > PRONOSTICATING RESISTANCE TO TYROSINE INASE INHIBITORS AND UNFAVOURABLE > PROGNOSIS… > > -- > -- > [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/d/optout. -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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