Lisa, Thanks so much for your post. Knowing that there are those of you out there, who experienced the hardship we are going through now but came out of it after having success on Gleevec, brings us a lot of confidence and hope. We are hopeful that Gleevec will work for our daughter Emily too in the next couple of weeks. Thomas
On Mar 17, 6:40 am, [email protected] wrote: > My daughter was diagnosed with CML at age 9 and it took 3 weeks for her blood > counts to return to the normal range. It has been five years since she was > diagnosed and she is remarkably healthy and is active in several different > sports. The great majority of patients, particularly those like your > daughter who were diagnosed in chronic phase, do very well on Gleevec and > lead very normal lives. I know worrying about a child with CML can be > overwhelming, but try to remember that the odds are very, very high that she > will lead a healthy and long life and that in the unlikely event Gleevec is > not wholly successful there are several new and very effective drugs to try. > > Take care, > > Lisa > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Chang <[email protected]> > To: CMLHope <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Mar 14, 2010 2:48 pm > Subject: [CMLHope] Gleevec initial response for pediatric CML > > Hi All, > y daughter 6 years old was diagnosed with CML in chronic phase 8 days > go. > r. recommended Gleevec, which started 5 days ago, but there's no > hange in the white blood count. > Any pediatric case in how soon Gleevec started to take effect would be > elpful. > Thanks, > homas > -- > CMLHope] > support group ofhttp://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------ > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > CMLHope" group. > o post to this group, send email to [email protected] > o unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > or more options, visit this group athttp://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
