--- In [email protected], "katsietoo_99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Hi! I am new to the group. I was diagnosed with CML about three
> years ago, and am now taking Gleevec. Prior to this diagnosis, I was
> diagnosed with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, and a few other
> disorders. All of which, occurred over a five year period. I just
> started the Gleevec, and am hopeful that it will work to control the
> white count. I've read about all of the side-effects, and they do
> worry me, but I am thankful that there is something that we can take
> to help us. I just turned the big 50, and worked all of my life, up
> until five years ago. The exhaustion from the fibro, etc., just
> knocked the wind out of me, so I was lucky enough to get onto Social
> Security Disability. I have been hoping, and praying, that I could
> return to work, but so far it just has not been a possibility. I am
> just too tired, and the side-effects from the other conditions, keep
> me at home, most of the time. I have always had to fight my weight,
> and my mom had a hair loss problem as she aged. I am hoping that the
> Gleevec doesn't cause any of those conditions to surface. I would
> like to exercise, but I am not able, so I watch my diet, and I assume
> that the Gleevec will cause weight gain, so I will have to do better
> than I am doing now, in watching those calories. It's still better
> than the alternative of having nothing to take that can help with the
> CML. I hope to get to know all of you, and I'd like to thank the
> moderator for this site. There aren't many places to talk about CML,
> out there, so I am happy to be here. K.
Welcome K, So sorry to hear of your CML diagnosis but want you to know you have found a great support group with tons of knowledge who don't mind sharing with it you. I have known I have CML since Nov. 2003, take Gleevec and despite the side effects that have changed my life, I'm just thrilled to still be here, sick or not, I look forward to the future and new medicine. My husband has fibromyalgia so if you need support for that I'm sure you and he have a lot in common. Please feel free to ask any questions you have, express your fears, just whatever and there will always be someone there to help you. Please feel free to email me personally any time if I can be of help to you. Best of Luck, Love, Peace, Hope & Prayers, Pat Reynolds
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