Thanks Marty and everyone. How long did it take for tingling to go away?

My Motto:
Faith and Pills
With Love
Jeanie
šŸ free
18ā€™s to Marty
Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia
Started Gleevec 2/2004
Started Tasigna 9/2009
Started Sprycel 11/2009
Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015 15 mg
New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann
Moffitt Cancer  center sept 2017
Dr Balducci retired 
Dr Gedia PCD
0 CBL. ABL
Taking 0.05mg 50 mcg levothyroxine
July 2018 dx with thyroid disease tsh 13
T4-normal t3-normal

> On Jul 24, 2018, at 9:50 AM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jeanie and Joyce,
> 
> First to Jeanie: I am very sorry that you are having this problem but you 
> should know that this will be corrected very soon. And the fact that your 
> having all of these problems especially about your swaeting and the temporary 
> loss or tingling of one of your fingers. I am "happy" that you brought this 
> up because that is also what happened to me as well. In my case it was my 
> pinky on my right hand, but it will go away.
> 
> Now I did ask you if your dose may be incorrect because if in fact it was 50 
> mg  and not micrograms then you would have been in the hospital for sure and 
> who knows what would have happened to you. You see that is what is GOOD about 
> this CMLhope site. And you know why, it is because other people care about 
> each other.
> 
> So now let's bring in Joyce: So miss Joyce I need you to stand up and very 
> gently pat yourself on the back, and if you want to curtsy a little bit then 
> be my guest.šŸ’
> 
> Oh please don't let me forget those cherries for Jeanie as well.šŸ’
> 
> 18's,
> 
> Marty 
> 
>> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 7:51 AM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope 
>> <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>> Thank you Joyce 
>> Yes I was wrong about dosage. It was 0.05mg
>> I took a whole 5o this morning but Iā€™m sweating really bAd and shaking.   
>> So Iā€™m going back to half. 
>> I woke up a few months ago and my right finger was numb.  
>> Anyone have that?
>> 
>> My Motto:
>> Faith and Pills
>> With Love
>> Jeanie
>> šŸ free
>> 18ā€™s to Marty
>> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia
>> Started Gleevec 2/2004
>> Started Tasigna 9/2009
>> Started Sprycel 11/2009
>> Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015
>> New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann
>> Moffitt Cancer  center sept 2017
>> Dr Balducci retired 
>> 
>> 0 CBL. ABL
>> 
>>> On Jul 19, 2018, at 10:34 PM, Joyce Mesnarich <joy...@htc.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jeanie,
>>> I would take the dosage your Dr advised.  My husband is taking 150.  He has 
>>> been taking it so long that we canā€™t really remember how often he did blood 
>>> tests when he first started.  I think it was every 3 months.  Now he gets 
>>> tested every 6 months.  That, evidently, is what Medicare will pay for and 
>>> deems necessary.  I takes a while for your body to build up the  thyroid.  
>>> I think you should take the whole dosage.  It may even be adjusted higher 
>>> as you go along and they find the right amount that you need.  50 sounds 
>>> like a very low dose.  Donā€™t think you should have any problems with it.  
>>> Hope you feel better soon.  My husband never noticed any difference in how 
>>> he felt.  He was diagnosed before he had any symptoms, I guess.
>>>              God bless and keep you,
>>>                 Joyce in Southern Illinois
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 19, 2018, at 1:29 PM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope 
>>>> <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> My dr gave me 50 mg but I am taking half. Should I take the full dose?
>>>> 18ā€™s
>>>> How often to get tested?
>>>> My Motto:
>>>> Faith and Pills
>>>> With Love
>>>> Jeanie
>>>> šŸ free
>>>> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia
>>>> Started Gleevec 2/2004
>>>> Started Tasigna 9/2009
>>>> Started Sprycel 11/2009
>>>> Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015
>>>> New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann
>>>> Moffitt Cancer  center sept 2017
>>>> Dr Balducci retired 
>>>> 
>>>> 0 CBL. ABL
>>>> 
>>>>> On Jul 17, 2018, at 3:39 PM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Great drug! I have been taking it for many, many years. What dose is he 
>>>>> on? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 18's,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Marty
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Joyce Mesnarich <joy...@htc.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Jeanie,
>>>>>> My husband has had hypothyroidism for yearsā€¦..before he got CML.  It 
>>>>>> never caused him any problems.  It was diagnosed at a regular office 
>>>>>> visit with a blood test.  He takes levothyroxin and has regular blood 
>>>>>> tests.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>             Joyce in Southern Illinois
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Jul 17, 2018, at 10:57 AM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope 
>>>>>>> <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Anyone have a thyroid problem?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My Motto:
>>>>>>> Faith and Pills
>>>>>>> With Love
>>>>>>> Jeanie
>>>>>>> šŸ free
>>>>>>> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia
>>>>>>> Started Gleevec 2/2004
>>>>>>> Started Tasigna 9/2009
>>>>>>> Started Sprycel 11/2009
>>>>>>> Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015
>>>>>>> New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann
>>>>>>> Moffitt Cancer  center sept 2017
>>>>>>> Dr Balducci retired 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 0 CBL. ABL
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Jul 15, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Okay Jeanie,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Since there is a lot to talk about I will do it between your lines.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>> Thatā€™s cute
>>>>>>>> When I first started dating my hubby I was 16. When we went to leave I 
>>>>>>>> hugged and kissed my mom and dad goodbye. He told me later he had 
>>>>>>>> never seen that before.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> OH I DID, BECAUSE MY PARENTS CAME FROM EUROPE AND IT WAS THEIR CUSTOM 
>>>>>>>> THE WAY THAT THEY WOULD USUALLY DO IT WAS FIRST CAME MY MOM AND SHE 
>>>>>>>> WOULD HUG AND THEN KISS ME. THEN CAME MY DAD. WHAT HE WOULD DO WAS 
>>>>>>>> FIRST HUG ME THEN KISS ME AND THEN HE WOULD GIVE ME WHAT WAS CALLED A 
>>>>>>>> KNIPPLE. DO YOU KNOW WHAT A KINPPLE IS? WELL IT HURT LIKE HE NEVER 
>>>>>>>> WANTED ME TO FORGET HIM. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> HE WOULD GRASP MY CHECK BETWEEN HIS THUMB AND INDEX FINGERS AND SORT 
>>>>>>>> OF TWIST AND THEN LET GO. I COULDN'T WAIT TILL IT WAS OVER BUT AS I 
>>>>>>>> LEARNED LATER ON IN LIFE HE JUST WANTED ME TO KNOW THAT HE AND MOM 
>>>>>>>> WOULD NEVER FORGET THEM
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> His mom and dad never hugged or kissed him.  It was just the way we 
>>>>>>>> were. 
>>>>>>>> Kiss goodbye and kiss hello. 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> BY THE WAY THERE IS A HEBREW WORD THAT YOU HAVE PROBABLY HEARD BEFORE, 
>>>>>>>> SHALOM. IT MEANS WHEN YOU ARE APPROACHING SOMEONE, HELLO, WHEN YOU ARE 
>>>>>>>> ON THEIR SIDE IT MEANS PEACE AND WHEN YOU PASS THEM IT MEANS GOODBYE 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I THINK THAT HE JUST NEEDED A KNIPPLE. 
>>>>>>>>   
>>>>>>>> Same way with my kids. I tell them a hug is better than a pill. 
>>>>>>>> How are you today?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> HEY JEANIE, KINPPLES FOR EVERY ONE. šŸ˜€
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Iā€™m waiting on my daughter as she will take me to a late lunch. 
>>>>>>>> I find my appetite not as good as it used to be. How bout you?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> BOTH OF MY PARENTS WERE COOKS AND MY FATHER WAS ALSO A BAKER. WE 
>>>>>>>> DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY BUT WE SURE HAD A LOT OF BREAD. WE LEARNED 
>>>>>>>> TO MAKE DO. A WHOLE STORY BEHIND THIS BUT FOR ANOTHER TIME...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I loved Millieā€™s cooking and recipes.  I sure do miss her.  
>>>>>>>> She fought hard. 
>>>>>>>> I remember when she started losing the use of her arms she said she 
>>>>>>>> didnā€™t know what she would do if she couldnā€™t do her sewing and etc. 
>>>>>>>> though I never met her I felt I knew her all my life. More laterā€”ā€”
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> THAT'S WHY I CALLED HER MOMMY LOTTIE.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> And she knew what 18's meant.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> So 18's,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Marty, and a Knipple to you.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:05 PM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope 
>>>>>>>>> <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>>> Thatā€™s cute
>>>>>>>>> When I first started dating my hubby I was 16. When we went to leave 
>>>>>>>>> I hugged and kissed my mom and dad goodbye. He told me later he had 
>>>>>>>>> never seen that before.  His mom and dad never hugged or kissed him.  
>>>>>>>>> It was just the way we were. 
>>>>>>>>> Kiss goodbye and kiss hello.  
>>>>>>>>> Same way with my kids. I tell them a hug is better than a pill. 
>>>>>>>>> How are you today?
>>>>>>>>> Iā€™m waiting on my daughter as she will take me to a late lunch. 
>>>>>>>>> I find my appetite not as good as it used to be. How bout you?
>>>>>>>>> I loved Millieā€™s cooking and recipes.  I sure do miss her.  
>>>>>>>>> She fought hard. 
>>>>>>>>> I remember when she started losing the use of her arms she said she 
>>>>>>>>> didnā€™t know what she would do if she couldnā€™t do her sewing and etc. 
>>>>>>>>> though I never met her I felt I knew her all my life. More laterā€”ā€”
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> My Motto:
>>>>>>>>> Faith and Pills
>>>>>>>>> With Love
>>>>>>>>> Jeanie
>>>>>>>>> šŸ free
>>>>>>>>> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia
>>>>>>>>> Started Gleevec 2/2004
>>>>>>>>> Started Tasigna 9/2009
>>>>>>>>> Started Sprycel 11/2009
>>>>>>>>> Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015
>>>>>>>>> New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann
>>>>>>>>> Moffitt Cancer  center sept 2017
>>>>>>>>> Dr Balducci retired 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 0 CBL. ABL
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 13, 2018, at 9:52 AM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jeanie, And I love you to, but when you say " Love you so very much" 
>>>>>>>>>> Do you mean like hugging me so much that your going to crush me 
>>>>>>>>>> until my ribs crumble? 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Ah yet another opportunity to let me say again...
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 18's,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Marty 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 13, 2018 at 9:16 AM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope 
>>>>>>>>>>> <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> So true Marty
>>>>>>>>>>> You arenā€™t even on tkiā€™s and look what youā€™ve been through. 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thank you for this email. 
>>>>>>>>>>> Love you so very much 
>>>>>>>>>>> Jeanie
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> My Motto:
>>>>>>>>>>> Faith and Pills
>>>>>>>>>>> With Love
>>>>>>>>>>> Jeanie
>>>>>>>>>>> šŸ free
>>>>>>>>>>> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia
>>>>>>>>>>> Started Gleevec 2/2004
>>>>>>>>>>> Started Tasigna 9/2009
>>>>>>>>>>> Started Sprycel 11/2009
>>>>>>>>>>> Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015
>>>>>>>>>>> New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann
>>>>>>>>>>> Moffitt Cancer  center sept 2017
>>>>>>>>>>> Dr Balducci retired 
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> 0 CBL. ABL
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2018, at 8:53 AM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Oh Jeanie,
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> first let me take you back to something I wrote to Richard
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I have heard a lot of people mentioning that they blame some of 
>>>>>>>>>>>> the TKI that they are taking. Perhaps that may be so, but what if 
>>>>>>>>>>>> it isn't that at all? That is why they need to consult with their 
>>>>>>>>>>>> doctors because that is his or her job. šŸ‘‰And if they feel that 
>>>>>>>>>>>> there is someone that can help as well then get a second opinion.šŸ‘ˆ 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Don't forget they won't be hurt or offended because they are all 
>>>>>>>>>>>> getting together to help you. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> And we will now continue on. Please read this. I took the time to 
>>>>>>>>>>>> write it for a reason and I see that you took my šŸ‘‰advicešŸ‘ˆ. A lot 
>>>>>>>>>>>> more... But I want to hug your grand-daughter. My father once 
>>>>>>>>>>>> taught me a lesson and I think that you may want to pass this onto 
>>>>>>>>>>>> her, and yourself as well.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> When a person/s learns something new everyday then they become 
>>>>>>>>>>>> smarter. When a person/s refuses to learn something every day then 
>>>>>>>>>>>> they revert back to yesterday.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hum, let me think..... Oh yea I think that your grand-daughter 
>>>>>>>>>>>> already knows this?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Take it Day by day and as my granddaughter says". She said ā€œevery 
>>>>>>>>>>>> little thingā€™s gonna be alright.ā€
>>>>>>>>>>>> ā¤ļø
>>>>>>>>>>>> Blood transfusions: A sort of long story but learning something 
>>>>>>>>>>>> new every day made me smarter and I am still alive... Jeanie I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> don't blame you for not wanting other peoples blood in you but let 
>>>>>>>>>>>> me ask you a question? How many units of blood did you require? 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Did it help you? Well i needn't know the answer because I already 
>>>>>>>>>>>> know but nothing that you told me but I know and here is why.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I had O+ blood and my sister had B+ blood. So my transplant doctor 
>>>>>>>>>>>> told me that since my white blood count was past 186,000 that I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> need to have the bone marrow transplant now. Or I may not survive 
>>>>>>>>>>>> because I was in Blast crises that I was in.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> But he knew about my blood type wasn't a match for my sister but 
>>>>>>>>>>>> everything was perfect but the matching type. He told me that 
>>>>>>>>>>>> there may be a way to change my blood type but it could also cause 
>>>>>>>>>>>> my death. I then told him that i was dieing anyway so let's try 
>>>>>>>>>>>> it. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> He started it before my transplant. It would require that I would 
>>>>>>>>>>>> have to get many, many blood transfusions as well a a lot of 
>>>>>>>>>>>> platelets  infusions, and Gama globulin and other human blood 
>>>>>>>>>>>> products. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Who already knew about this? R***** Z********. Who showed up with 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 41 "members" of his "family"
>>>>>>>>>>>> (Yes you know what I mean about this) ready to donate blood. But 
>>>>>>>>>>>> there was a problem. At that time there was a new disease called 
>>>>>>>>>>>> AIDS and all of the blood banks started testing and this slowed 
>>>>>>>>>>>> down the collection of gathering of blood.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Not to keep you on the edge of your seat. I once helped save a 
>>>>>>>>>>>> woman's life because she was dying of stage four breast cancer and 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I did this because I knew a doctor who may help her, and it took 
>>>>>>>>>>>> more then two years. He never forgot me. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Some people just have their power but most don't. He was one of 
>>>>>>>>>>>> those that did to a certain extent. The way that I look about it 
>>>>>>>>>>>> was one life foe another. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> In order to have my blood type converted from O to B I needed 96 
>>>>>>>>>>>> units of blood and I already knew where 41 of them came from. Just 
>>>>>>>>>>>> to let you know if a donated unit of blood did not match my blood 
>>>>>>>>>>>> profile it would be switched and someone else would get that unit 
>>>>>>>>>>>> of blood and a "trade" was made. I am now called a Chimera with B+ 
>>>>>>>>>>>> blood in me.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Now I am going forward in my life once more: Twenty years later my 
>>>>>>>>>>>> kidneys started started to fail. I was on Dialysis for four years 
>>>>>>>>>>>> and through a miracle I was able to get a kidney transplant and 
>>>>>>>>>>>> while I was outside of the operating room I noticed a white cooler 
>>>>>>>>>>>> with a red cross and it said "Human organs, B right side short 
>>>>>>>>>>>> urethra. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> I almost jumped out of the gurney because it was B type and then I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> remembered that I used to be O type. Now what are the chances that 
>>>>>>>>>>>> this could ever happen?
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Now Jeanie and all of the rest of you reading this, don't you 
>>>>>>>>>>>> think that there truly Miracles floating around? Just ask your 
>>>>>>>>>>>> grand daughter....Now you already know what I know. Have you 
>>>>>>>>>>>> learned anything new today? I have.
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 18's
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Marty
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 6:01 AM, 'Jeanie' via CMLHope 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I had this problem when on Tasigna. My hmg dropped to 8. I argued 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> with my onc as I didnā€™t want someone elseā€™s blood in me. I knew 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> if he would take me off the tasigna the hbg would come back up. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> He finally talked me into it and I had to stay for hours getting 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> transfusions. As most of you know not fun. Tasigna about killed 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> me and I landed back in the hospital until I could talk my doctor 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> into giving me Sprycel. I decided to make the move to Moffitt and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> never regretted it. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Good luck to everyone.  Take it Day by day and as my 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> granddaughter says, ā€œevery little thingā€™s gonna be alright.ā€
>>>>>>>>>>>>> ā¤ļø 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> My Motto:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Faith and Pills
>>>>>>>>>>>>> With Love
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jeanie
>>>>>>>>>>>>> šŸ free
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Started Gleevec 2/2004
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Started Tasigna 9/2009
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Started Sprycel 11/2009
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Started Ponatinib 1/ 2015
>>>>>>>>>>>>> New Doctor--Dr Martine Extermann
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Moffitt Cancer  center sept 2017
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dr Balducci retired 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 0 CBL. ABL
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Jul 9, 2018, at 10:21 AM, Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard, first thing is when your hemoglobin drops to 10 or 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> below then is the time that procrit generic Epoetin Alfa should 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> start. It should increase your red/hemoglobin count. However it 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> may take a week or two to start showing results. Why don't you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mention this to your doctor. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, have your kidney function checked as well. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When my kidneys started to fail I was on Dialsys and found that 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my hemoglobin level started dropping. Kidney function has a lot 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to do with that. The reason why is because there is a hormone 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> called Erythropoietin  which  is released in response to hypoxia 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (low levels of oxygen at tissue level) in the renal circulation. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> It stimulates erythropoiesis (production of red blood cells) in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the bone marrow.   I am writing this in bold font to make sure 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that it can be understood, it is that important!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I was on Diaysis sometimes my HGB would drop to from 7% to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 9% and I felt like I coulden't even get out of bed. My wife 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would help me into her car and help me into the Dialysis center. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I lived a horrible life until I had a kidney Transplant.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I have heard a lot of people mentioning that they blame some of 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the TKI that they are taking. Perhaps that may be so, but what 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> if it isn't that at all? That is why they need to consult with 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> their doctors because that is his or her job. And if they feel 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that there is someone that can help as well then get a second 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> opinion. Don't forget they won't be hurt or offended because 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> they are all getting together to help you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard and everyone else, there was a time a very long time ago 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that my father tought me something. He said that everyone needs 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to learn something new everyday because it will make you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> smarter. If you refuse to learn something new everyday then you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will revert back to yesterday. And he was right!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 18's
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Marty
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 11:31 PM, Richard H 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <rbhuffm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, I have been struggling with this for years.  I have had 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Transfusions, and now check my CBC every month to see if I need 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to take Procreate to bring my blood level back up.  I am 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> currently on 200 mg Gleevec daily because my CML levels will 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> rise if I don't use it as a maintenance feature.  I am 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> approaching 16 1/2 years since diagnosis.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard H. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 1:04:15 PM UTC-5, Vivi wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I suddenly became terribly anemic and my doctor cut my intake 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of 400mg Gleevec daily in half.  It took five months but I am 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> no longer anemic and the CML does not seem to have become 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> visible as yet.  Has anyone else had a problem like this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
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