Hi Tina, As I read through your post I was struck with what you would like to happen having CML.
The best information that your doctor can give you is only his/her recommendation. Ultimately it is you that has to make any decisions about what you want to happen. You also mentioned that you have confidence in your present doctor, so sometimes you have to listen to what she says, however, you can also get a second opinion about your situation. As you ended your post you mentioned that you are now in a remission. Thank GOD for that, and this may be a really good time to have your eggs cryogenically frozen if you should decide to have another child sometime down the road. By doing this at this time since you are currently in a remission would make sense in the fact that if your doctor is worried about you gaining resistance to the medication. Since you will not be doing this right now it will not happen until you should decide to become inseminated with your own eggs at the time you want this to happen. By doing this you can gain more information about your concerns without rushing into anything and yet still have your frozen eggs available to you at any time you want them. Maybe you might want to mention this to her and see what she says about it. Before I had my bone marrow transplant I was asked if I wanted to have my sperm frozen for the future. Since I already had two children and I was 45 years old at the time I declined the offer. In any event I wish you good luck in what ever you and your husband decide to do. Have a happy holiday season. Marty Gartenberg On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:00 AM, tinac21 <[email protected]> wrote: > My husband and I are wanting to extend our family again next year > possibly. I have discussed it with my doctor, but I am getting the > impression she isnt fond of going threw with another pregnancy. With > my now 3 year old, things went very smoothly. Although he wasnt > planned, I spend 8 months off gleevec, and my wbc count stayed the > same until the last few months. At the highest it was around 40,000. > at the time of conception I was not in remission, so my counts were > not at a normal point to begin with. I feel like being 23yrs old now, > I should be able to live my life how I would have wanted to with or > without CML, but part of my feels as though I should be thankful > enough to have experinced this once, and thats enough. I've always > wanted two children, and it has never mattered to me boy or girl. Am I > selfish for wanting more children? Does anyone know of medication that > can be taken threw out the pregnancy thats isnt harmful to the unborn > child? I think if I could find something to take during the pregnancy > it might help easy my doctors concerns. I dont want another doctor, as > she is the best doctor I could ask for, but I think on a more personal > level she isnt fond of the whole pregnancy mainly because I might > become gain a resitance to the medication or might not respond the > same again. Plus its taken almost 2 years to get a response this time > around with sprycel. As of this month I am finally in "remmission" > like state with normal counts. > > > Tina > > -- > [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 -- [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
