Hi and thanks, Yes, I will ask the Doctor about these cells. I wonder what is going on? Is the treatment worse than the disease? Sometimes, I wonder. Well, we all know chemo in any form is no picnic. I never realized I was doing chemo until one of my pill bottles came with the warning: handle with gloves; wow! you are not suppose to touch this but we are putting it in our bodies. However, we are CML WARRIORS, and we will fight this with all we can get our hands on. Keep fighting brave ones, Blessings, Jeanie<3 In a message dated 3/30/2008 3:31:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jeanie, Increasing the dosage of Gleevec will often suppress the counts of the granulocyte cell lines (neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils), but will not normally affect the lymphocyte cells (T-cells, B-cells, etc) by creating either smudge cells (fragile lymphocyte cells that break open easily) or atypical lymphocyte cells (odd sizes, shapes, or nucleus), neither of which are normally associated with CML. I would ask the doc about the smudge cells and atypical lymphocytes. **************Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15&ncid=aolhom00030000000001) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
