Katy, I sort of forgot about things I experienced before I found out I had CML until I read your post and it jogged my memory. You said you had cravings for ice cream and chocolate syrup, well, mine was for really salty microwave popcorn. I could not get enough. I would eat a whole bag in about 5 minutes and wash it all down with a can of Coke. That went on for over 2 months until I went in to the ER that one fateful day. You see, my story started in the fall of 2004. I thought I was putting on 'winter weight,' but it was actually my spleen becoming enlarged. Also, I had night sweats, dizziness, fatigue, shortness of breath, weight loss (the only area getting bigger was my stomach...my shoulders, legs, and face were all becoming thinner, but all I could see was my stomach!), headaches, pale skin, and more I can't remember right now. I remember one day before I was diagnosed I felt very cold, and my husband noticed that my lips turned blue! After I wrote down all the weird things that were happening to me, I was surprised to see it was such a long list. So I went to the ER thinking they could fill me in on what was up with me...at first I thought I might be pregnant! And after only one and a half hours down there, the doctor told me I had leukemia. I knew something weird was going on with me, but I did not expect that! Because of my age (23 at the time) they thought it was an acute leukemia, so I was told I was probably going to have intensive chemotherapy for 3 weeks. The next day, the hematologist in a city an hour away from my home saw me and told me from his interpretation, the leukemia looked like CML and it could be treated with a pill...and so ends chapter one of my life with CML.
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