Suzan, I'm surprised you weren't placed on Sprycel first. That has been the usual progression after gleevec. I was on gleevec for 5.5 years before I started getting mutations that gleevec couldn't handle. Sprycell is like 300 times stronger. I will say the side effects for me were totally different than the gleevec. At this point I'm been on the Sprycel for a little over a year and I'm still totally negative.
P.S. I was diagnosed in Dec 2004 with a white count of 360,000. On Aug 7, 6:09 am, Suzan Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all I was dxed on June 4, 2004 at 98% positive. I was on Gleevec from > then until Nov 2008 and was switched to Tasigna because of all the bad side > effects I continued to suffer. I continue to have side effects with Tasigna > but not as severe except now I get skin ulcers with the Tasigna. I lost 30 > pounds right off the bat when I stopped the Gleevec which was good. HOWEVER > my last fish test in July showed me at ZERO on the molecular level. WHOO. It > has been a long journey as it is for all of us with side effects and all but > what a BLESSING to get the good news. > Suzan -- [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
