Hi all and yes we each have other health issues but fighting our blood cancers us a battle we all share. I'm glad you are winning your battle. Fight on warrior.
My Motto: Faith and Pills❤️ With 💗Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s Dx 1/2004. CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib January 2015 Dr Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > On Feb 3, 2016, at 11:41 AM, 'Susan Zimmerman' via CMLHope > <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Hello Peg, > So glad to hear from you! We are tough, us CML bunch. We can take it if you > want to share with us the additional battles that have gone along with your > CML. We are here to encourage! You don't need to suffer alone, (altho I'm > hoping you have a good family, etc.) Your battle could have involved fear, > as most people would let it in. But just to remind, fear is False Evidence > Appearing Real, put there by the enemy. Can you think of one thing that is > good about fear? Same goes for worry. No, they are only destructive. Many > of us have come to the place where we know our bodies are only one third of > our whole being, and probably the least important of the three. (body, soul > and spirit). So we try to let the other two rule our thinking, our outward > actions, and so on. I know because of your faith you walk by faith, not by > sight! > > I just thought of a good joke that came from facebook. A big picture of a > huge grisly bear roaring. The caption read, "Fear NOTHING! Except a grisly > bear, because they will kill you." > > Anyway, so glad your reports are getting better all the time. I hope you > enjoy your days and come back to share a word with us often! We have missed > you! > > 18's and blessings, > Susan F. Zimmerman > "Look among the nations and watch; be utterly astounded! For I will work a > work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you." > Hab. 1:5 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bkbarney via CMLHope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > To: cmlhope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tue, Feb 2, 2016 3:36 pm > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Just wanted to check in with folks I remember > > Thanks for the update Peg......I am glad that things sound a bit more stable > for you...I do understand about not wanting to share with others if your road > is hard so as to not scare us, ..but truly, each of us is unique, and our > bodies respond very differently to treatments..so, please don't worry. > Getting good support is also key to quality of life, as it's a lot less > lonely...and together we can persevere... I am so sorry you have had to go > through all that you did....I hope and pray that it somehow gets easier for > you...wow...2 years at zero is marvelous, but the price you have > paid........I don't have words for that..except you are so resilient, so > amazing....take good care and know that you are cared for and loved here... > > 18's, love and hugs, > Beth > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Myvety2k via CMLHope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > To: cmlhope <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tue, Feb 2, 2016 2:24 pm > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Just wanted to check in with folks I remember > > Peg, that was my Aunt's name. Anyway, don't be a stranger. All of us that > have CML are in the same boat but taking different drugs. I've been on > Gleevec 16 years 1 month, yes their are side effects but done that I can't > handle. Cramps are the worse but I'm still here driving my wife crazy and > she love's every second of it :).... > > greenie > club member #48 > > In a message dated 2/2/2016 1:55:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > peg....@live.com writes: > Hi all, > Thought I would check in today...it has been a while. I see lots of new > names, but still a few that I remember. I am now two years at zero > detectable on only 100mg of Tasigna daily...1/4th of the recommended dosage. > It got a bit rocky for a while, not from the CML, but along that course they > diagnosed me with five other, assume-ably unrelated, cancers including skin, > gastric, thyroid and lungs! While I never lost my hope, I didn't wanted to > dim anyone else's hope by sharing news from my scary corner. However, as of > last month, all cancers are regressing, some we know for certain are also due > to Tasigna, and well, the others they are not sure why, so I choose to > believe it is also because of the Tasigna...and faith! I am battling some > malnutrition issues that were from a severe reaction I had to Gleevec when I > was first diagnosed six years ago, but now knowing what those are we are > slowly making improvement towards gaining back a quality of life. You can > never underestimate the value of quality of life! I hope you are all finding > your own quality, never give up on that. You are never far from my thoughts > and prayers! > > Six years and still here! > Fight on!!! > peg > -- > -- > [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. > 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. > 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. > 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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