[CMLHope] Ups Downs What Next?

2008-09-05 Thread Eri
Hello all-- Been a long time since posting on anything having to do with CML, because my husband had been doing so well, first with Gleevec (despite the diarrhea) (we joked he was pooping leukemia cells out)--but then Gleevec seemed to stop working. The rise in his molecular Philly chromosome

[CMLHope] Re: Lupus/Hepatitis what are the symptoms

2008-09-05 Thread ICANDOALLTTC
What are the symptoms of Lupus? In a message dated 9/5/2008 2:33:24 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Suzzie, I sincerely hope you don't have lupus. I have had it for about 3 years now. The doctors have never connected it with Gleevec and I am apparently the only

[CMLHope] Re: Lupus/Hepatitis what are the symptoms

2008-09-05 Thread ANGELYN ESDERS
It's called The Disease with a Thousand FacesGoogle it. It affects every part of your body at one time or another: blood, bones, muscles, mouth, skin, eyes, hair, everything! It can even pull a convincing enough heart attack to   confuse both patient and physician. --- On Fri, 9/5/08,

[CMLHope] Re: Lupus/Hepatitis

2008-09-05 Thread kellyelise
Oh Suzzie, please don't fret over the additional testing. Some docs test for things they don't even suspect, they are just covering all the bases (I've worked with many). He is probably just eliminating the need for you to go in for MORE bloodwork - might as well do it in one fell swoop. There

[CMLHope] Re: Lupus/Hepatitis

2008-09-05 Thread kellyelise
As an added note, I have a friend who has or had: 1. Myasthenia gravis. 2. Two heart attacks before the age of 40. 3. Non-Hodgkins lymphoma with large and small cell bone cancer (in over 10 years' remission). 4. Lupus. 5. Fibromyalgia. She is doing GREAT. It is believed that the heart

[CMLHope] Re: Ups Downs What Next?

2008-09-05 Thread Ricardo Gadelha
Hi Eri, What are the last results of PCR test ( dates and values)? On 9/5/08, Eri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all-- Been a long time since posting on anything having to do with CML, because my husband had been doing so well, first with Gleevec (despite the diarrhea) (we joked he was