Karen, Thanking for sharing your updates, we are all encouraged and rooting for you. Your success is future success for us too. Good luck and wishes of healthy days going forward. Brenda dx 5/04 Gleevec 6/04 6 mth bmb, pending results
--- In [email protected], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Today I have my 1st cbc after starting to take the rad yesterday, and not too surprisingly, my wbc were up by 1000 to 20,000. However, what I am hoping is a very good early sign, is that my platlets went down by 33%. On Friday they were 1.4mil; yesterday 1.5 mil and then today they were 1mil!!! I do remember when I first started gleevec, it was my platlets that fell first, followed by the whites. So if this is any indication, it might be a bit of encouragement. Dr Stone doesnt expect the whites to start lowering for 2-3 weeks (if successful). So we'll see... I did have another aspirate done. I couldnt understand why I did one last Friday (mostly to confirm elegibility) and what would this one really tell them that the Friday one wouldnt. Well I guess, this is one of those "science" onces where they want to look at drug levels in the marrow (as if the 20+ vials of blood and 4 cups of pee werent enough... So besides being determined that this is going to work for me I f! > eel good in that I can help in their research... I have felt vey little bone pain today, but the morphine and atavan is probably masking it... For those celebrating Christmas on Sat, Merry Christmas - spend a minute to reflect on how truly lucky we all are! And those of you who celebrate something else, happy holiday to you... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/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/
