[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-23 Thread anjana
Good for you, Katy! You know we are all here to support you. We are just worried for you. Love, Anjana --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com - You received this message because you

[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-22 Thread Terry Dailey
Hey Katy,   I am very glad to hear that. I hope I did not come off overbearing in my reply.   Take care,   Terry  On 10/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Anjana, Thank you for your reply and the information. I really dont know what my Dr. is thinking, he has me kinda

[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-22 Thread katybug45
Dear Anjana, Thank you for your reply and the information. I really dont know what my Dr. is thinking, he has me kinda confused at the moment and really upset. I agree, he should have put me on something else if he was taking me off of gleevec. Apparently they caught my CML very early, and I

[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-22 Thread katybug45
Pat, Not yet, but that is what I am afraid of. I have had a lot of pain in that area in the past few months. So I was just asking the question would my spleen get enlarged since I was off of gleevec. Hugs, Katy --SHIH-POO Puppies now available! First shot and wormed. Email me for more info! x

[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-22 Thread Terry Dailey
Amen Anjana,   Katy, please get on your doctor's rear end, and either get back on Gleevec, or try Sprycel!! I am wondering why he is waiting myself? It should be obvious to your doc that sitting around watching counts go up is not a good thing. I hope everything is okay, please keep us posted. Take

[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-22 Thread anjana
Dear Katy, Spleen will get enlarged only when the white counts go up to 50,000 and up. With remission, there are several stages, first you have complete hematologic remission when the blood counts get normal from high counts, then comes cytogenetic remission when the BMA test on 20 cells show

[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-21 Thread PFOUNDO
Katy,   This is Pat F.  I was on Sprycel after G intolerance, but waited until the med could get to me (insurance) and my spleen did get enlarged.  WC went up to 64K+/Platelets were up to 1,700K+.  Darn right your spleen will enlarge.  Is your spleen getting larger?     Pat --~--~-~--

[CMLHope] Re: Well I got the numbers/something else?

2006-10-21 Thread katybug45
Anjana,     One more question, without me being on anything to keep the CML from proliferating, wont my spleen get enlarged?? Katy   --SHIH-POO Puppies now available! First shot and wormed. Email me for more info! xanga.com/katybug45   -- Original message -- From: "anjana"