Thank you all for your great support... After being Gleevec for 2 weeks, Emily's WBC dropped to 17000 in today's checkup, from 120k. We are more optimistic now. Doctors told us that the effectiveness of Gleevec will only be proven in future milestones in bone marrow aspirations but this looks like a good start. We are very thankful for the prayers answered.
Gleevec side-effects are so far tolerable. The nausea has reduced in frequency and join pain seems to have reduced, fortunately. Again, Thanks to all! Thomas On Mar 20, 1:56 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thomas, so sorry to hear your young daughter has been diagnosed with > CML. Cancer/Leukemia is scary words to hear. My heartfelt sympathy > goes out to your daughter and family. Gleevec is a miracle drug....and > if anyone is destined to get cancer or leukemia....she has the good > kind. You made a good decision by joining this group....if there are > things you may not fully understand from her doctor, there is someone > here who is going through what you are, and they can answer your > questions or direct you to someone who can. Try to be comfort to your > daughter, and if you are terrified, try not to display your fears in > front of her and keep a positive attitude for her and yourself. Most > children deal with things much better than we adults do. If you need > someone to talk to, the group is here and you are welcome to email me > privately if you just need someone to talk to. Adding your daughter > and family to my prayer list. I hope all goes well with her treatment, > it may be rough in the beginning with just dealing with it, or side > effects from the Gleevec, but it's a great possibility she will do > well. > Love,Peace,Hope & Prayers, Pat > On Mar 14, 12:48 pm, Thomas Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > My daughter 6 years old was diagnosed with CML in chronic phase 8 days > > ago. > > Dr. recommended Gleevec, which started 5 days ago, but there's no > > change in the white blood count. > > > Any pediatric case in how soon Gleevec started to take effect would be > > helpful. > > > Thanks, > > Thomas -- [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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
