Hello all....I hope everyone is doing well. I am now one week post DLI and feeling fine with no signs of GVHD as of yet, though it is still a little early for that. I am having my blood tested once a week by my local onc and will be going back to Houston on the 22nd for a post DLI consultation at MDACC.
The DLI went very smoothly. I had to have a BMB before the procedure so my onc could have a pre-DLI baseline number on the BCR-ABL level. I had sedation for the BMB, but asked if they could install a stent in my hand for the sedation IV, so that it could be used the next day for the infusion. They agreed, and this saved me an additional hit with a needle the next day. Things did not go quite as smoothly for my sister I am afraid. They had to install the catheter in a vein in her inner thigh for the apheresis. She opted for no sedation and I the installation turned out to be a little more painful for her than she expected. She was a trooper though and got through it. I sat next to her in the apheresis room while she got hooked up to the machine to extract her leukocytes. The bed next to her was empty, so after about an hour, they made it up for me and let me lie down while I was waiting. I promptly fell asleep and when I woke up I found out that the doctor had already been in and had performed the DLI while I was asleep! (Thank you, Ativan!) We went home the next day and for the past week I have felt just fine. As previously stated, no signs of GVHD as of this writing. Once again, it is a game of "Wait and See". Regards and Prayers and Happy Thanksgiving to all. Dane Tessler www.caringbridge.com/tx/dane www.danesweb.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Does he tell you he loves you when he hits you? Abuse. Narrated by Halle Berry. http://us.click.yahoo.com/CjRcdD/rbOLAA/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/
