Hi Pat
This is Suzan, I know that you don't think highly of the doctor I see at Vandy but she has been a blessing to me. She does not push transplants like others might. She is very patient with me and listens when I complain about all the side effects that I continue to have. I have to tell you today when I saw her I told her I wanted to hug her neck and kick her in the shin. She asked why. My last appointment she increased my antidepressant which has helped me a lot. She also put me on nausea medication one in the morning and night plus increased my Nexium to one in the morning and at night. Man what a difference it has made. I no longer walk around feeling sick all the time. The bad thing I can eat now and gained 14 pounds in one month. I really wished you had the same doc. I think you would like her. She addresses all my side effects and works with me to counter act them. I guess I just can't say enough nice things about her. Just the fact that
this is the first time in nearly two years that I feel human and almost like my old self. Even my family can see and hear the change in my voice on the phone. Maybe they could help you out like they did me at Vandy. Good luck.
Suzan
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I'm guessing I'm about to fringe on the unspeakable/unknown but I'm so
desperate for an appetite I was thinking of trying pot to enhance my
appetite. I have smoked before in my life so I know what to expect but
I'm just curious if there would be any drug interactions with the
Gleevec? I was given the Meloril which is suppose to be pure THC in
pill form but it didn't work, not even in high doses. I know when I
smoked in earlier years it made me have a raging appetite. My daughter
and her friends are always pleading with me to get me to smoke when
they have run across some real munchie weed. I'm not afraid of it, I
suspect it would not be good on my lungs to smoke it as I have
emphysema but if I were to feel safe enough to use it, I'd just cook me
up a batch of brownies with it in it. Has anyone ever watched that new
series on ShowTime called Weeds? It is so true to life. Anyway, I'm
just desperate to try anything that would give me an appetite. I think
my body would be more tolerant of the Gleevec if I could eat more than
I do. I weigh only 111lbs. I look like I'm anoxeria or on crack. It's
embarrassing. Some people don't even recognize me anymore. Anyway, I
just wondered if this would be an option. If anyone has any knowledge
about this and is not afraid to share it with me, please email me
privately and we will correspond in private or I will give you my
telephone number and we can talk. If no one knows or fears
acknowledging that you know....I'm going to discuss it with my doctor
next visit. I've got to do something and SOON. I'm wasting away to
nothing. Before the CML/Gleevec I wore size 12 jeans. Now I'm in 7/8.
I'm ashamed to be seen in shorts and I've always loved the summer time
and being able to dress in shorts and sleeveless shirts, and bathing
suits. I'm ashamed but I'm still gonna flaunt what I got left while I
can. Hope to hear some suggestions on this. If not, I'll share with you
what the MD has to say about it. Thanks for being here to answer my
questions, no matter what they are. For those of you who don't know,
I'm crazy.....in a crazy kind of way. I'm just desperate to live and
I'll try anything if it's proven it works and it's safe. Surely, it
couldn't hurt me any worse than the Gleevec is or the cigerettes I
smoked for years. It seems now days....even the air we breathe is
contaminated enough to make us sick. The soil is contaminated, the
water...what's a little marijuanna gonna do to me? Hopefully make me
hungry is all.
Love, Peace, Hope & Prayers, Pat
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