Re: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"?

2010-04-19 Thread Zavie Miller
Hi Partick, A BMB is normally done at diagnosis to confirm that you have CML and to have a benchmark of what your marrow looks like. What test did he do to confirm that you had CML. How often are you being tested. I was tested every 3 months by BMB for about 5 years and then switched to PCR testi

Re: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"?

2010-04-16 Thread ICANDOALLTTC
I was never given a BMB unless I developed a problem with my blood. My onc now at Moffitt tells me, after doing 2 BMBs, that I won't have to do another unless something changes in my blood work. In a message dated 4/14/2010 9:56:30 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, lblaine...@comcast.net writes:

Re: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"?

2010-04-15 Thread C.M. Houtz
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Re: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"?

2010-04-15 Thread Myvety2k
10 10:50 AM Subject: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"? Just wondering. Am I the only one here who's never had a BMB? About a year into my little journey my onc mentioned one. But when I asked what we would learn from a BMB that

Re: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"?

2010-04-14 Thread John Kuptz
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Re: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"?

2010-04-14 Thread lblaine767
com Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 10:50:47 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"? Just wondering. Am I the only one here who's never had a BMB? About a year into my little journey my onc mentioned on

[CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done it"?

2010-04-14 Thread patrickemailguard-goog
Just wondering. Am I the only one here who's never had a BMB? About a year into my little journey my onc mentioned one. But when I asked what we would learn from a BMB that would alter my course of treatment he didn't really have an answer. (My CBC numbers all jumped to the normal range within 2