hi: Hi:
I am exactly like you, I was dx at 2003 & I am in 600 mg of Gleevec now. I am also positive in 0.26 of my QPCR test and my CBC is perfect. I am really interested to know about it, because sometimes I prefer to working at night and don't sleep. Farsmajid On Mar 20, 2:03 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I was diagnosed in 01/2001. I have been taking 400mg Gleevec since > then. I am in remission by FISH. Still positive by a small number with > PCR test. The blood work results are great. A little bit low on WBC, > RBC, Hemoglobin but nothing else abnormal. > > Last few months I have been suffering from lower back pain, shoulder > pain and overall body pain in the night when I go to bed. The pain > starts after 2-3 hours of going to sleep. I feel like I am half awake > and can not get enough rest. Gleevec is the only medicine I am taking. > Funny thing is that the pain is only in the night and not during the > day. I tried several different mattresses to see if it is related to > it. No luck so far. I tried taking a few medicines like Naproxen, > Valium etc. but nothing for a long time. These medicines don't help > either. The problem. My oncologist things this is not related to CML > or Gleevec. Everything else like X-RAY / MRI of back is normal!. > > I saw several notes on pain in the group but nothing on pain only at > night. If any of you are experiencing the same symptoms, please let me > know. I am curious to know if this is due to Gleevec or something > else. > > Best Regards, > Rakesh Doshi > Cincinnati, Ohio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
