Thomas, Good night from Brazil. When my son was diagnosed 3 years ago I was simply devastated. But now I see that is ok to live with CML and my son is doing very well - normal life. Emily will be very well soon. take care, Ricardo.
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:37 AM, Thomas Chang <[email protected]>wrote: > 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. > -- Ricardo -- [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.
