Dear Allyson, Do not worry. You will be fine. You are at very low levels of disease and now that you are only on Gleevec, side-effects will be more tolerable. Many in our community travel. My husband went on a US trip one year after diagnosis and he was fine. He only took one extra Gleevec dose with him and then the flight was delayed in Seattle. So, take some extra Gleevec with you just in case. Some patients ask for seats near the bathroom in the airplane because of Gleevec diarrhea. And we have a worldwide patient community, if you are stranded somewhere and need to get to a hematologist, just post on the list and someone from that area may very well be able to take you to their hematologist. But, you will be fine.
Best Wishes, Anjana caregiver to Roy Allyson Morris wrote: > Hi all- > > I am officially off the interferon (for now). The doctors were worried b/c I > have had numerous dizzy spells and my short term memory was worsening by the > minute. So now, 800 mg of Gleevec and that's it. > > I have been teaching summer school, but leave for Europe July 9. I am > stocking up on all types of "preventative meds" for my trip. It scares me to > be so far away from MD Anderson, as it is normally a 20 minute drive! > > Take care- > > Allyson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
