Hi Marilyn >From my understanding, you are in major molecular remission but not complete >molecular remission, since it is still detectable at .0025%. One has reached >complete molecular remission when levels are undetectable. The sensitivity of >the test should be known, both for your test last year (when you reached zero) >and for this test, because perhaps one test was more sensitive than the other. >The most sensitive tests can detect one cell in 100,000 to 1 million cells. >When a real-time PCR test does not show any detectable ABL-BCR cells, then a >nested PCR test is done. At any rate, you are definitely doing well. You should not be concerned unless that .0025% starts to rise.
I think that the frequency that doctors check bloodwork varies. Every two months does not sound too long, but if you are uncomfortable with that, ask him to check it once a month. And I would still have a BMA or BMB every 6 months, if I were you, though I think it is not uncommon to wait 1 year between BMA/BMBs once one has reached MMR or PCRU. Libby dx 8-24-04 PCRU March 05 800mg Gleevec/peg-intron/lukeine ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore . http://us.click.yahoo.com/7visLB/gsnJAA/xGEGAA/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/
