I am very sorry. I don't know much about what you have asked, but I do know that if you contact your local Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Patient Services Manager, you can get a grant for things like travel and such. It's a modest sum, but everything helps. If you don't know how to contact your nearest chapter, www.lls.org will have a finder with contact information--you can even have a live chat with an LLS representative. I wish your family the very best. Virginia from California
----- Original Message ----- From: Deb To: CMLHope Subject: [CMLHope] In Need of Comfort and Encouragement Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 12:30:47 -0800 (PST) My husband of 32 years, Rusty (age 53), was dx in 2001. Gleevec was very successful until Dec. 2006, he was then put on Sprycel and was making good progress until a few weeks ago when the CML got nasty and took a vicious turn. He is now in the hospital about 60 miles from home. They are planning to start chemo Friday in hopes of keeping the CML at bay until a BMT (mini transplant) can take place in a month or so. I know many of you folks out there (both patients and spouses) have been through this ordeal and was hoping that you could offer some words of advice, comfort, tips, prayers, etc. for helping our family to get through the rough months ahead. This all seems so overwhelming! We will be without his income (fortunately I carry wonderful health insurance) and have already found that the trips to the hospital are draining - physically, emotionally, and financially. Can anyone offer tips about applying for Social Security Disability, etc. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. Deb (wife of Rusty) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
