Chrissy, The FISH test must be done on the sample within 48 hours or the sample will be spoiled. After 48 hours, the rest of the time it takes to get results is just waiting for the report to get back. Most specimens are sent out to specialty labs, unless the sample is taken a a major oncology hospital. When the specimen is sent out, ten days or two weeks is normal reporting timeframe. Three months is not an acceptable response time.
The 18 months to molecular remission is just a guide, and is a very flexible one. Since you did not respond well to lower doses, you probably need to look at 18 months from the start of 800mg just to take a conservative view of it. There is no rule on that, but it would make sense in your case. Ph+ levels certainly fluctuate, and more in some people than others. That is why longer term trends are more significant than short term fluctuations. --Trey --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
