I agree with you, Jim, about the faith involved here, and that knowledge is power. I feel so much better since reading all the responses to my post that it is an incredible change. That worried place is a dreadful place to be.
Renee --- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 8/13/2005 1:15:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > My question is, why is he still on 400 mg of Gleevec? It sure looks > like it has more than done its job! I want the dose reduced, but the > office keeps telling us, no, wait till he sees her on Monday. I hate > to sound like a raving paranoiac, but I sometimes wonder if he is not > just a guinea pig for this medicine, thankful as I am for Gleevec. > > Someone who has been there and done that, I would sure love to hear > from you! It is 4 A.M., and I have not slept yet. I thought I had > pretty strong personal faith, but this one is keeping me awake. > > > > I'm always glad to share what knowledge I have with someone else. The > recommended minimum dose of Gleevec is 400mg. that's why the doctor is keeping > your son on that amount. I was put on Gleevec in 2001 at that dose and am in > remission and still on that amount! > > The other thing you mentioned is your faith. Just as with other things in > life, at times ones faith is what carries them past troubled time such as > these! Hang tough and try to find a support group where you live and go there. > It really helps when you are first dx'ed. That's what my wife and I did when > I got the news. You can learn a lot from the ones that have been there for > awhile! > > My best to you and your son, > > Jim Rodeghier > dx-1997 > total remission- 2002 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12kos8167/M=327951.6903888.7846657.1589681/D=grphealth/S=1705061628:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123980330/A=2896148/R=0/SIG=11betrp34/*http://www.facetheissue.com/anorexia.html ">Dying to be thin? Anorexia. Narrated by Julianne Moore</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
