Hello everyone. My name is Casey and my mother was diagnosed with CML in September of 2001. She began her treatment by taking Interferon and self-injected chemo, but that didn't keep things in check quite as well as the doctor had hoped, so in the fall of 2003, she started on Gleevec (400 mg per day). That put her into a remission for about 6 months, but after her last bone marrow test, the Philadelphia chromosomes were back :( So...the doctor is upping her dose to 600 mg and if her blood work next week is fine, to 800 mg. If this doesn't work, she will most likely have to have a bmt. The doctor is trying to hold off as long as possible for that because of her age (55) and because she has had open heart surgery. I've joined the group looking for support (for myself as well as ay groups for my mother) and to see if anyone is on any experimental therapies that are working... Any input is appreciated.
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