I'm beginning to think that congestive heart failure may not be as rare a side-effect as has been reported. In my case, it was a concurrence of events that led to it this summer. Like many Gleevec-takers, I have constant oedema but until this summer it did not slow me down in any manner and I ignored it since it was comparatively minor. Then, in August, New York City had a heat wave accompanied by very high humidity. That did it. In mid-August, when the heat wave was at its worst, I developed congestive heart failure as my body could not cope with the double whammy of the "usual" oedema and the additional oedema caused by the heat wave. So I suppose another rule for us should be: "When it's very hot or humid, be extra aware of how your body is reacting."
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