Thanks for your response, Terry. It's uncanny, the similarities
between our side effects, as well as the feelings of guilt and
self-criticism about being out of work. Like you, I had an office job
(I'm a lawyer -- same law firm for 15 years), where my most important
assets were (1) my ability to
Steve, please do not post in all capitals. It is hard to read and is
known as "shouting" - considered bad Internet etiquette.
There should be no problem getting a torn meniscus repaired or even a
knee replacement. A lot of orthopedists want to do scraping. In fact,
a lot of them make their ent
Hey Group: Last year Zavie posted that Ellen Froyd was the longest CCR survivor at 5 years 8 months, hmm. Just wondering, Ellen are you still out there with almost 7 years survivorship??? I will be entering year 4 myself; but many of you have it on me as #811, the last time I remem
Wonder what our forefathers & mothers would have done had it not been
for the women folk doctors they had back in the hills & places where
there weren't any medical facilities. Or, what about our Native
friends. Course, when I go to use some type of "herbal" product or
such today, my hubby calls
Sandy: I've been using Preparation H around the eyes each morning and
that seems to work well. Someone I think posted that you could even
put it on before going to bed, but I haven't tried that yet. If my
eyes are pretty bad, I will also take ice in a bowl of water and soak
a washcloth and use
Hi David,
I am sorry you were dxed, I wish you all the best. Your situation though sounds exactly like mine, down to nearly every side effect. For a while I had thought it was just me, I mean I know of the listed side effects, and that some people cannot even take Gleevec, but in the back of my m
Steve:
I was dx with CML 02/05. I had surgery to remove a cyst from my uterus
in Nov. 05. I have low platelets with Gleevec. Usually they don't like
to do surgery if platelets are below 100. My surgeon was comfortable
doing the surgery and all went well. Good luck with your surgery.
Anne
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Dear Steve,
I know 2 patients on Gleevec who have had partial knee replacement
surgery. Both are doing fine after their surgeries.
The article on bone loss with Gleevec was a study done by doctors
from Memorial Sloane-Kettering. I am passing you the article (by
private email) to pass to yo
Dear Sandy,
When patients take the boosters, it is common for the counts to go up
and then go down again, as long as he holds above ANC of 1, docs will
not give the boosters. Side-effects of Neulasta can be got from this
website:
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic3/neulasta_ad.htm
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