[CMLHope] Re: Gleevec side effects when first start medication

2009-11-21 Thread Jeff J
Hello Ricardo, Thanks for the reply, glad your son is doing so well, I'll try to stay and eat healtly. Thanks, Jeff On Nov 10, 8:13 pm, Ricardo Gadelha ricardodgade...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Jeff, Good evening from Brazil. In fact it depends on the person. My son had side effects for about 1

Re: [CMLHope] Digest for cmlhope@googlegroups.com - 6 Messages in 3 Topics

2009-11-21 Thread Victoria Reiter
I'm surprised Dr. Mauro suggested not to take Gleevec in separate doses. Several years ago, I went to consult with Dr. Druker and complained of the intense nausea. At that time I was taking the capsules, the entire 400mg dose, each morning after breakfast. Sometimes the nausea was so bad I'd

[CMLHope] Re: Nausea and exercise

2009-11-21 Thread skree
Hi Joan...I've been on gleevec since April 01 and finally figured out what works for me. Often, after what I believed was a good meal, I couldn't keep the drug down and would loose the whole meal and feel pretty bad. Now I take the pills in the middle of a Dr Atkins chocolate shake. And it

[CMLHope] Skip Duffie

2009-11-21 Thread Zavie Miller
Hi all, I spoke with Skip this morning and he asked me report on how he is doing. When I spoke to him a couple of weeks ago he was in really bad shape. I didn't think he was going to make it. Today sounded well and back to his old self. At the moment he is off all medications waiting for what

RE: [CMLHope] Re: Nausea and exercise

2009-11-21 Thread Jody Capik
I take it with a protein shake as well, and no nausea. ;) Just Chocolate Whey from SAMS and skim milk. -Original Message- From: skree [mailto:skreelan...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:16 PM To: CMLHope Subject: [CMLHope] Re: Nausea and exercise Hi Joan...I've been on

[CMLHope] Nausea

2009-11-21 Thread educatorsusan
AH! Those fine days of nausea...what wonderful memories. There are still times out of nowhere, I will have a bout and then it just disappears for about 6 months. I have tried to pinpoint it but it does not always work. I do know one trigger-bananas. Now for the good point here...ginger