Hello Group, Yesterday, 5-24-05 was my 5 year anniversary with CML. There have definitely been some challenges in my last 5 years. Some I have managed to greet and defeat and some I could not. I remember the painful & confusion emotions the day my doctor predicted about 2 to 3 years for me to live without a transplant. I remember the will and desire I had to conquer that prediction. I will never forget the side affects of Hydrea/ Arc and interferon. I will never forget the fact that I was forced to change my whole identity. I will always remember the wonderful people on the list that gave me the support I needed. Support that no one else could provide. Not Family, nor medical professionals. I will never forget the warriors we lost. I will never be who I was, but I am forever grateful for who I have become. In the last 5 years I become some one new. I have even had to bare the loss of a Son. But I have also gained a daughter in- law that I love very much. I have been blessed with the opportunity to help delver my 2 beautiful granddaughters and I am looking forward to assisting with the next one due in September:) I am physically able to work and I do. I am emotionally able to love and I do with all my heart. I am able to share whatever I have with others in need and I will continue to do so. And when I do leave this world, I will have comfort knowing that my work here on earth is finished. I will leave those I come to know and love with the most valuable memory of all...
WE MUST LIVE TO LEARN TO CARE FOR AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Thank you all for being such wonderful friends and supporters. Thank you all for the love that you have shared with me. God bless you and I look forward to providing an update in 2010. Lisa M Tampa Fl Dx 5-24-2000 Int/arc/hydrea 6-2001 Gleevec 400 mgs 8-2001 PCRU & Still here! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> What would our lives be like without music, dance, and theater? Donate or volunteer in the arts today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/CybhMB/SOnJAA/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/
