Re: [CMLHope] Today's Update

2015-04-30 Thread Richard H
Thanks. I have always taken my Gleevec with my largest meal of the day. I started having stomach in my 20's because I worried, expected and immediate response to everything, I was diagnosed with Barrett's because of all the acidity over the years. So Gleevec was probably the straw that broke t

Re: [CMLHope] Today's Update

2015-04-30 Thread Richard H
Thank you for your kind words. I remember those days the real storm clouds blotted out the sun and I railed at everything all day just because I could not comprehend the glorious bright sunshine, beautiful flowers that would flourish because of the rain left behind. I was recently listening to

Re: [CMLHope] Today's Update

2015-04-30 Thread Marty Gartenberg
Richard, I am glad that your feeling better 18's, Marty On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 4:48 PM, Richard H wrote: > I spent 3 days in the hospital this week. Good news it was not > necessarily related to CML, but CML was hiding the problems. 1. I had > developed Vertigo, so we called an ambulance be

Re: [CMLHope] Today's Update

2015-04-30 Thread 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope
Hi Beth and thanks for your uplifts. How are you doing now ? Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s Dx 1/2004 Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib January 2015 > On Apr 30, 2015, at 5:05 PM, bkbarney via CMLHope > wrote: > > > Dear Richard, >

Re: [CMLHope] Today's Update

2015-04-30 Thread 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope
Hi Richard and so happy they got all fixed. It's amazing what they can do now. Gleevec is very hard on the tummy and I always took mine with a big breakfast. I have an infected tummy now but haven't been able to treat it because of my new chemo. Glad you are ok. Prayers & Blessings Jeanie

Re: [CMLHope] Today's Update

2015-04-30 Thread bkbarney via CMLHope
Dear Richard, I am so sorry you wound up in the hospital...but very happy for the silver linings that occurredSometimes, on the better days, things work out in this way...I too appreciate Marty's positive attitude, as I do yours...it's quite contagous, and Jeanie's, and Greenie's, and Sus

[CMLHope] Today's Update

2015-04-30 Thread Richard H
I spent 3 days in the hospital this week. Good news it was not necessarily related to CML, but CML was hiding the problems. 1. I had developed Vertigo, so we called an ambulance because the world would not stop spinning. 2. They also found I had blood leakage in my stomach, so that was sto

Re: [CMLHope] Jeanie's update

2015-04-30 Thread 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope
Hi John and all. Glad your test came back good. I take one 15 mg pill now and it seems to be working. Do you se your doctor after blood draw. That's how they do it at Moffitt. Only takes about an hour for the doctor to get the results. I go to the senior oncology center at Moffitt. They do

Re: [CMLHope] Jeanie's update

2015-04-30 Thread 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope
Hi Greenie. I hope you are good today. I forgot to tell you that my hemg was 14.1 bit hasn't been that good since I was dx. I have add nuts and seeds to my diet--I wonder if that helped. The sun is shining today-very beautiful. My Chinese cherries are ripe and the bees and butterflies are bus