Dear Patrick,
I was diagnosed in 2005, and have had 4 bone marrow tests done the first 2
years and have not had one since. My Onoc does the pcr test every 3 months and
feels as long as that is good there is no need. I am not going to argue with
him, a blood test is much easier.
Good luck\
carolyn
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Subject: [CMLHope] BMB's - still necessary or "the way we have always done
it"?
Just wondering. Am I the only one here who's never had a BMB?
About a year into my little journey my onc mentioned one. But when I
asked what we would learn from a BMB that would alter my course of treatment he
didn't really have an answer. (My CBC numbers all jumped to the normal range
within 2 months of starting Gleevec. - Well, excluding CD4/CD8 counts anyway
which are part of my much longer story.) So not being that curious I/we opted
to continue blood counts and BCR-ABL testing as long as things are stable. He
opined that he wished he had a baseline but that was about it.
Patrick
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