Thanks all...very helpful...the following response is probably why my hemetologist was reluctant to use both agrylin and gleevec...I am still on Hydroxyurea...white cells down but platelets hanging tough. Again thanks for the response...all this is new to me, but it is great to have this message board.
Dan --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "traceyincanada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi "Skink", > > My platelets were 1200 on diagnosis and even though I started Hydrea > right away, they still climbed to 1600 before I started Gleevec a > month later. After two weeks of Gleevec they fell to 600 then a > week after that they stabalized at 175-200. They've been there ever > since (almost 3 years now). > > High platelets are not at all unusual. If you do use Agrylin, I > caution you to get your blood checked no less than every week > because things can drop dramatically, and very fast. We had one > list member who used both Gleevec and Agrylin and had to stop both > drugs for a while because her platelets crashed fast. It was a > little like taking a hammer to kill a fly when a fly swatter would > have done the same job. > > Patience really is a virtue and sometimes you just have to give it > some time. 1000 is not all that high, some members have had double > that. > > Take care, > Tracey > > > -- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "skink1100" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was confirmed as having cml a little over a week ago, and have > > been on hydroxyurea for about two weeks. My wbc count in now > > normal, but the platelets remain stubbornly high at about > > 1000...should be below 400. Have any of you had similar > > experience? I am not sure if this is normal, since the > hemetologist > > seems frustrated by it. I started on Gleevec about 1 week > > ago...400mg. > > > > Thanks for any info. ------------------------ 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/
