I went to the ER in October for chest pain. They found an elevated white count. After several bumblings with my PCP, I was referred to an heme/onc specialist. Bloodwork Nov 14. Bone marrow bx Dec 14. Treatment started Feb 8 - with Gleevec. Okay, I feel terrible. My eyelids are swollen as well as my hands, feet, legs, everything! I am so tired and I hurt all over. Is this normal? Do these symptoms start to dissipate? I must mention that my abnormal white count was detected at the same time I was living with my parents helping care for my father with pancreatic Ca. My father died Nov 27. I was told there is no connection whatsoever to the pancreatic Ca and the CML. Prior to my parent's generation - there was absolutely no evidence of cancer in my family. Two uncles on maternal side with colon Ca (both uncles are in their 80s and faring reasonably well having beat the Ca) and then my father.
As of last Friday - I went to a psychiatrist as I was having trouble functioning emotionally (anxiety/depression). I can only attribute this to a delayed response to what I have been through the last few months. I have a very demanding, stressful job. When I finish work, I have nothing left. I am completely wiped out. The psychiatrist put me on 8 weeks of medical leave. My disability insurance WILL NOT keep the wolves from the door. But, I refuse to worry about it. My employer has already called me and "threatened" my job. My question - with a diagnosis of CML - can you qualify for SSD (social security disability)? I already feel as though my quality of life is crap as I can't even go to the grocery store without being totally wiped out. Can anyone offer some advice, facts, reference sites? I would greatly appreciate it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
