Dear Suzieq and Lori:
Great going you two! I lost my 41 pounds with Weight Watchers from
January 3 to May 15, 2007 I am at 128 to 129 from 169!!!
Hugs,
Susan
dx. January 8rd, 2003
Began Gleevec: 4/10/2003
Ceased Gleevec: 4/21/2003
"Rebegan" Gleevec: 4/25/2003
Tranfusion dependent: May 200
For BMT matching, at least five different proteins or alleles, called
Human Leukocyte Antigens (HLA), which reside on the surface of our
cells, are used to match a donor. Allele matching is important to
survival, since the body is continually invaded by foreign organisms
that must be identified a
Greenie:
I have the nausea off and onsometimes bad enough about thirty
to forty minutes after taking my Gleevec, that everything comes back
up. But, that hasn't happened but once in months. But, sometimes, I
will get the mild nausea & will just use a cold wet tea towel around
my face & n
Hi there Susieq,
I've only read your most recent post so I don't know the history. I need
toi know your medication and the dose as well as any painkillers you are
taking. Your weight loss may be normal. After gaining about 50 pounds on
Gleevec all of a sudden it started falling off and I go
I know that this has probably been discussed in the past since I
joined.but I'm sure you will understand when I say my "fuzzy
Gleevec brain" has forgotten. :-) What consists of the "perfect"
donor? I know that it's better if it's a sibling match..but what
are the numbers. I was told tha
Thanks, Lori, for the encouragement. I am going pretty slowly, but I
know it's going to be a life style change in eating habits and
exercise in order to keep the weight off as we get older. My 27 year
old son is doing a wonderful job at keeping his weight downhe went
on a very drastic diet a
OkAnnie, I am at the point to where I will try most anything,
so, will see what my carbs are for honey :-) :-), then may try it for
the pain. What you said about your mom convinced me to give it a
try. You know, I read something about this on the internet a few
years back, but thought it wa
Dear Tim and Matt,
Doctors do think that having chromosomal abnormalities in Ph
positive cells MAY be a sign of disease progression, meaning that it
can happen but not always so. You may be interested in a very recent
article by German CML expert, Dr. Andreas Hochhaus, who studied
patients hav
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