Re: [CMLHope] Re: CHILLLLLLS~~~~~

2011-03-16 Thread Martin Gartenberg
Hi Jeanie, Well at lease those chills aren'r bothering you now. As far as the skipped beat I still think it is those PVC Premature Ventricular Contractions. Maybe you might want to try something and see what happens. Remember that PVC's are usually benign so it wouldn't hurt you to try drinking ab

Re: [CMLHope] Re: CHILLLLLLS~~~~~

2011-03-16 Thread ICANDOALLTTC
Hi Marty and thanks, My doctor said I my heart skips a beat and he has given me EKGs and can find nothing really wrong. I only drink a small cup of coffee at BK and no other caffeine during the day. I don't have the chills anymore, just when I first started on Gleevec. This heart pounding i

Re: [CMLHope] Kidney function

2011-03-16 Thread TEDBDD
I am on Spryceland Creatinine levels are in the normal range.. Tom in KY In a message dated 3/16/2011 10:42:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, myvet...@aol.com writes: My creatinine level was 1.3 back in June of 1997. After I found that I had CML in Dec. of 1998 my levels were still at

Re: [CMLHope] Kidney function

2011-03-16 Thread Myvety2k
My creatinine level was 1.3 back in June of 1997. After I found that I had CML in Dec. of 1998 my levels were still at 1.2 to 1.4. I started Gleevec the first week of Feb. of 2000 and my levels are still at 1.3 to 1.4. Nothing has changed but I can't say the same for anyone else. Greenie

Re: [CMLHope] Kidney function

2011-03-16 Thread ANGELYN ESDERS
I always have a high creatinine level which is compatible with the fact that I gave my brother one of my kidneys in 1979. For this reason I was never considered for a BMT. Angie in Canada What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us Angie ---

[CMLHope] Kidney function

2011-03-16 Thread Victoria Reiter
Has anyone found that their creatnine levels have risen while taking Gleevec? I know this occurs when one's blood pressure goes up for any length of time but I'm talking about having normal blood pressure yet creatinine levels rising. VReiter -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com --

Re: [CMLHope] Re: CHILLLLLLS~~~~~

2011-03-16 Thread judy
HI people  when I was diagonised 11 yrs ago I stayed in a recliner for 3 weeks with 5 blankets on I fugured it was the medecine now this past 3 weeks I've been so cold my fingers hardly work and I stayin the recliner with an electric blanket on 6.  Hate the cold but will hate the HOT more.  J