Hi Teresa, It looks like we were dx around the same time. Dr. Faderl said at this time he didn't think it was neccessary to increase the dose at this time. He said you can keep acheiving results up to 42 months into your treatment. He said we would keep monitoring and as long as it was going down for now he thought I should stay on 400mg. I tolerate gleevec very well. The side effects are manigable with lasix 40mg, magnesium, potassium, calcium. The side effect that bothers me the most is the water retention. Congratulations to you too. I go back in June for my nect qpcr. I'm hoping for pcru. Good luck to you on all of you tests. Shari from Kansas -- In [email protected], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shari, congratulation. Your results are the same as my, I was dxd in January 2003 and start 400mg Gleevec in February 20 , 03. I achieved CCR in July 03. My lfirst QPCR result in December 2004 was 0.06. Dr. List at Moffit Center in Tampa told me during my January 5th visit, that I am doing fine and to achieve faster results or PCRU is to increase Gleevec dosage. I am not excited about this news because of the water retention and other side effects I have been experienced. We are waiting for my next visit in March 30th to check again my PCR and to monitor my progress. Good Luck to you and I hope you achieve PCRU soon or may be we both will at same time. Best > > Teresa T from Florida > > shari3059 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Last night at 7:00 I received a phone call from Dr. Faderl himself, > and that made me a little nervous. I was expecting a call from his > nurse. I thought something must be wrong if he was making the call > himself. But all of my tests were either normal or negitive except > my q-pcr results and I think he said it was 0.09. He said that it > was good and that there is still time for it to go down more. He > said if it had been 0.05 that would be a major molecular response. > So I really don't know how good this response is, but I have been > taking 400mg for 2 years on feb. 18. He thinks that I am doing > great. I go back to MDACC on june 8 for my next pcr. Hoping to be > pcru soon. > > Shari from Kansas > dx feb 10 2003 > ccr june 12 2003 > 400mg gleevec > qpcr 0.09 > > > > > > > > > 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. 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