[CML] 4th year anniversary with CML

Hi Group, I just wanted to post to say that this is my 4th year anniversary of my diagnosis with CML. You guys have really been there for me during some very dark days, and I am very grateful for your support. Thanks so much! Kristin dx 3-5-01, chronic phase ccr 12-15-01 pcru at COH and UCLA

[CML] Focus Forward Interview

Hi Group, I did the focus forward interview today. It was conducted by a lovely woman who is also a cancer survivor. For you with any trepidations about an interview conducted in your home, I can tell you that mine was like having a friend come over for coffee. I can tell you that it is for

[CML] Patients with Serious Illness Appear to Adapt Well/Reuters

Patients with Serious Illness Appear to Adapt Well Fri Feb 11, 4:37 PM ET Add to My Yahoo! Health - Reuters By Alison McCook NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most people who live with serious disability or illness, such as kidney failure, appear to adapt well and maintain a

[CML] Dane's BMT

Hey Group, Just a reminder that today is Day 0 for Dane...His BMT occurs today. If you haven't already, consider dropping him an encouraging note at his Caring Bridge site...Leave some beautiful words for the guy who leaves us all of the beautiful images. http://www3.caringbridge.org/tx/dane/

[CML] Re: Paid CML Research Study In NYC Area

Hi Deanna, Here's a link to their site http://www.focusfwdonline.com I agreed to participate. My interview is scheduled for February 20th. Warm Regards, Kristin --- In CML@yahoogroups.com, Deana Brenner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rob I answered the enclosed e-mail and received an

[CML] Mozilla Firefox

--- In CML@yahoogroups.com, jennifer g [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're right that IE is the most vulnerable. A new browser called Firefox is now available that is supposed to be less vulnerable. Some people like it better than IE (or Netscape - unfortunately, most Web sites aren't optimized

[CML] Re: I'm sorry to go on but.....

--- In CML@yahoogroups.com, Barbara Meunier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sorry to go on but this trisomy 8 thing's driving me mad. I can't sleep nor eat and all I do is think about it. I know that some have you have seen it come and go but I've got it in 60% of my cells and I keep

[CML] 17 Substances Added to Cancer Agents List/AP

17 Substances Added to Cancer Agents List WASHINGTON - The government is adding viruses for the first time to its list of known or suspected causes of cancer, including hepatitis B and C and a third virus that causes sexually transmitted diseases. Lead, X-rays and compounds in grilled meats

[CML] Bone Marrow Matches Hard for Multiracial/AP

Bone Marrow Matches Hard for Multiracial By ERIN TEXEIRA, AP National Writer Luke Do was a lively 18-month-old awaiting the birth of his first sibling when he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. The hopes of his parents, both doctors in San Jose, Calif., immediately turned to a bone

[CML] Amgen Warns About Higher Doses of Anemia Drugs/Reuters

Amgen Warns About Higher Doses of Anemia Drugs By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amgen Inc. has added a warning to its anemia drug, Aranesp, for kidney dialysis and cancer patients after studies on similar drugs showed higher doses can cause blood clots and death, the company said a

[CML] Painkillers Damage Intestine, U.S. Expert Says/Reuters

Painkillers Damage Intestine, U.S. Expert Says By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 70 percent of patients who took painkillers such as ibuprofen for more than three months suffered damage to their small intestines, U.S. researchers reported on

[CML] Rule May Let Workers Keep Health Coverage/AP

Rule May Let Workers Keep Health Coverage By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - For U.S. workers who change or lose their jobs, a new rule issued by the Bush administration just before the end of 2004 could provide better access to group health plan coverage — in keeping with

[CML] Re: rad001 update

--- In CML@yahoogroups.com, Karen Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With all of the lousy news lately (sandra, dane...), I wanted to share a bit of hopeful encouragement. I had a cbc today (8 days after starting the rad trial) and my wbc went from 20.1 to 13.7. And my differential was

[CML] New Leukemia Drugs Work Better, Studies Show/Reuters

New Leukemia Drugs Work Better, Studies Show By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Next-generation leukemia pills, designed to help patients not cured by the successful drug Gleevec, work even better than doctors had hoped, researchers said on Sunday. One

[CML] New Leukemia Drugs May Prove More Potent Than Gleevec/WSJ

New Leukemia Drugs May Prove More Potent Than Gleevec By RON WINSLOW and JEANNE WHALEN Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL December 6, 2004 In a provocative new advance in the war on cancer, researchers say two experimental drugs produced striking early results for patients whose

[CML] Leukemia Drug Gleevec Continues to Amaze

Leukemia Drug Gleevec Continues to Amaze By E.J. Mundell HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDayNews) -- It was late 1997 and Doug Jensen, 71, of Canby, Ore., thought he'd developed a particularly stubborn cold. But his symptoms dragged on and kept getting worse, he said. Then Jensen

[CML] Re: Thank you, Nancy!/DANE

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dane T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nancy Wilhem gave me a wonderful gift of an oil painting done from one of my photographs. Check out how talented she is! Thanks again Nancy. A wonderful gift. http://www.fototime.com/71AF691458B0FDC/orig.jpg

[CML] Re: Bob W is sick/cross posted

At 09:37 PM 11/6/2004, nancy wilhelm intelligently penned Well, kids, here we go again!! Bob is in the hospital with pneumonia. Went to ER on Thursday evening and they admitted him about 1 am Friday. He is very much better now and will probably be released on Monday. I've spent

[CML] Karen A.

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Karen Andrews [EMAIL PROTECTED] My dr originally saw diahhria as just an annoyance that aggravated me. However, I am convinced that it is much more serious than that. I really think it has some impact on how well gleevec is abosorbed into your body. Before the

[CML] Scientists Tout Method of Attacking Tumors/AP

Scientists Tout Method of Attacking Tumors By DIEDTRA HENDERSON, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - Texas researchers say they have perfected a method to deliver cancer treatment directly into tumors, bypassing healthy tissue. The study was done on mice, but human trials could begin soon,

[CML] Study Finds Fewer Cancer Research Deaths

Study Finds Fewer Cancer Research Deaths By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO - Patient deaths from experimental cancer drugs during initial human studies declined dramatically from 1991 to 2002, suggesting that better oversight and less-toxic medicines have made cancer research

[CML] Re: Dane Tessler Update

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dane T. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all. I am back home after two weeks as an outpatient at MDACC. I am in a combo trial for Zarnestra and Gleevec. The first 2 weeks called for 400mg Zarnestra in the morning and 400mg Gleevec at night. The first 4 days

[CML] Dear Sandra L,

Dear Sandra, Thank you for keeping us updated on issues of concern. I also appreciate your posts. With Appreciation, Kristin Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything.

[CML] Re: Sawyer's PCR??? Speciality Labs?-Kirstin ALL

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], lindabones9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kristin and All, I just returned from a monthly LL CML support group meeting. So nice to see some of our friends from here! Kristin, I see that you know all the housekeeping genes from everywhere and thought you could answer

[CML] Drug Makers Explain Trials to Congress /AP

Drug Makers Explain Trials to Congress By DIEDTRA HENDERSON, AP Science Writer WASHINGTON - Drug manufacturers acknowledge they face a crisis of credibility that they hope to remedy by releasing information about their clinical trials in multiple locations. But at a contentious

[CML] Few Apply for Medicare Drug Coverage/AP

Few Apply for Medicare Drug Coverage By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - Far from the expected deluge, relatively few patients with cancer and other serious illnesses have applied for generous early Medicare prescription drug coverage. The Bush administration was