Hi Suzzie, I am going from full time to part time work this year. I am just too tired to do anything besides simply work when I work full time. I am just a "zombie" when I get home and on the weekends with full time work. This won't help my retirement, but I have decided to be poor, but happy. I need some energy for my family and some recreation too. I do walk regularly and do yoga several times a week. This helps, but I still have to deal with issues that others don't. We CMLers look so "normally healthy" that people forget we may have side effects. I have been on Gleevec for 5+ years with good results. I think that most of the CML nurses and doctors don't know how to work with us now that this can become a "chronic" condition. They don't have much they can use to treat fatigue and discomfort, except for major problems. I have even had nurses tell me that now that CML patients haven't had to take Interferon they complain all the time and don't know how lucky they are. I think we all feel lucky, but are trying to lead regular lives under tough conditions.
On Aug 22, 12:22 pm, Suzzie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a message for everyone. How many of you had to stop work > because of the side effects of Gleevec, plus the depression etc. > I myself had to stop working, and people do not understand what your > going through if your doing well on your medication. > I am just curious how many besides me, just could not handle working > anymore. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
