[CMLHope] Re: UPDATE......

2006-11-19 Thread Rob
I hope the new place will work out well. Rob On 11/19/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey everybody, > Just thought I would tell you that we finally found a place to move > too. It is about 117 dollars cheaper then our house payment and the > utilities should be about ha

[CMLHope] Re: No immune compromise if PCRU

2006-11-19 Thread Vivi
to Anjana et al: If an interesting number of patients on Gleevec develop shingles, it might be rewarding to go on the shingles vaccine that has recently had a wide-population test in the VA Hospital system. Perhaps we should all ask our oncs about that. --~--~-~--~~~-

[CMLHope] UPDATE......

2006-11-19 Thread katybug45
Hey everybody, Just thought I would tell you that we finally found a place to move too. It is about 117 dollars cheaper then our house payment and the utilities should be about half what they are here so we should do okay. I dont understand how I feel though, I should be excited I guess, at

[CMLHope] Re: male fertilaty

2006-11-19 Thread Doug Nau
Kevin My doctors never told me that specifically. I self transferred to UCSF and I am very confident in the hematology team there. They dont 'recommend' having a baby, but i think this is just that they dont really have enough data & dont want responsibility should something happen. I was diagn

[CMLHope] Re: Update

2006-11-19 Thread anjana
Dear Dave, It is nice to hear from you. I am so glad you are doing well, still in CCR and keeping the CLL at bay. I am happy to hear that you got an echo and established a baseline. Being so near the beach sounds like fun :-) I am sorry you cannot go to India this year, I do remember your

[CMLHope] Re: No immune compromise if PCRU

2006-11-19 Thread anjana
These are all medical abstracts from medical journals. You can access them at Pubmed. Please bear in mind that these are all lab studies. However, I have given below the study by MD Anderson doctors on Gleevec patients getting shingles. There is a low incidence of patients on Gleevec getting sh

[CMLHope] Re: No immune compromise if PCRU

2006-11-19 Thread anjana
These are all medical abstracts from medical journals. You can access them at Pubmed. Please bear in mind that these are all lab studies. However, I have given below the study by MD Anderson doctors on Gleevec patients getting shingles. There is a low incidence of patients on Gleevec getting sh

[CMLHope] Update

2006-11-19 Thread dbrad49
Hey Anjana, My onc recently got me an echocardiogram to check for Gleevec heart damage & establish a baseline. Everything is fine. I also remain FISH negative, and my CLL is still only a conceptual reality, as a chromosomal aberration. We recently moved to a house in Empire, Michigan. It is a