Liv, I assume that you have regular blood testing done. If everything is OK your white blood cell counts should remain in the low to normal range. Many people on Gleevec maintain counts that are below normal. If your counts go above normal significantly I'm sure your doctor will talk to you about what to do.
You should be seeing a CML specialist or a doctor who will take the time to keep up with the latest news about CML. I see my CML specialist every four to six weeks. She reviews my blood tests every two weeks and phones me with the results each time. Richard Troxel --- In [email protected], livia klescova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > thanks Richard, > i found the yahoo group very important for my life over here. i'm glad to hear that my english is good, at least getting better. this is also a way how to improve it. my primary oncologist is not a cml specialist, but somehow God sent me one doctor who is a cml specialist and he wants to see me once in a while : ) his wife's family is from slovakia. i was asking him to give me som consultations if he can. he is so busy, but he never said no and so far it works with my insurance company. > back to my relapse question, there is no way i can check on myself that there is something wrong with me, so maybe i am getting resistatnt? it seems very pesimistic, but i am just trying to be careful and find out if there is some warning signal telling me to be "careful". > have a good day. > liv > > Richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The chances of a relapse are not big, but it is possible. Blood > testing on a regular basis is important as well as having a bone > marrow biopsy every six months or so. This is really the only way to > tell how you are progressing. I hope that your doctor is following > you closely! If you do show signs of relapse there are things that > the doctors can try and there are some clinical trials for people who > do not respond to IM (Imatinib Mesylate). > > Your English is much better than any of my non-English languages. I > read and speak some German and some French, but not very well. Have > you tried Google.com? They offer translation services for most web > pages and email (I think). There is also babelfish.com to help you > with any troublesome words or phrases! > > You are in a good group, these people care, I am glad to see you > speaking up and asking questions. > > Richard Troxel > California, USA Male Age 61 dx 2/2003 PCRU 9/2004 > > > > --- In [email protected], livia klescova <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Most of the time I am reading all the posts, since it is very > difficult for me to express in English what I feel, what I found out. > Many times I have a problem to understand whole context and most of > the time I am lazy to use a dictionary : ) > > I am wondering, how can I find out that I am getting resistant to > Gleevec? Is it something what only blood test can show? Also I read > that some people relapsed to the blast stage. So is it possible that > if I was dx in a chronic stage that I can relapse to a blast stage? > Will I know about it? 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