Hi Tonya, I see you were dx'd around the same time I was. Glad you're doing so well. I'm also in PCRU - a nice place to be.
> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:44:44 -0000 > From: "tdhollosy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Gleevec vs Transplant > > I just met a guy who is my age (32) and he was just diagnosed a week > ago with CML. He is having his sister tested as a match but he is > still doing his research on what to do. Of course I am 100% behind > him trying Gleevec and telling him just how great it is, but I know > that it is his decision. He is a triathlete and also a cyclist and > also is a personal trainer. His thought process is that if he does > the bone marrow transplant that it would be the only way to "have it > over and done with" and get back to his life of being an athlete. > > Is there anyone out there who is a serious athlete (or anyone else) > that has some advice as to what you think he should do? I think the main point to make to him is that many people - the majority, actually - who undergo SCT (transplant), are not really "done with it," in the sense that the majority of those who survive the procedure and have no recurrence, still have some residual symptom - chronic GVHD, and a bunch of other symptoms that can be far more debilitating than the side effects of IM are for most of us. Of course, some people get lucky and have no long term symptoms, but this is true with IM as well. Best, Richard R ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/8zSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> New! Sign up for local CML support group meetings in your local community at http://cml.meetup.com Apply for Commercial Real Estate loans online and submit your deal to dozens of hungry lenders in just minutes. Loan programs for all types of business and commercial real estate. Apply anytime at http://realestatezoo.com CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Support List) --------------------------------- Part Of CMLHope.Com An International Community Of CML Patients For more information: http://cmlhope.com Post Message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To No Mail/Web: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change To Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CML Group Web Site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CML/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
