Hi there,
I'm usually just a reader, but I'm starting on a new journey and
need some advice. I'm 33 years old, I was diagnosed with CML a little
over 3 years ago. 400mg of Gleevec every day since has worked fairly
well for me. We went to see Dr. Druker in OR to ask his opinion on
starting a family. He felt my numbers looked good, and that physically
having a child was an option for me. My local oncologist in Seattle is
more conservative and would rather we just go through the adoption
process. We've looked into adoption and gone through some of the
required classes for adopting through foster care. I'm not opposed to
adoption. However, the further down the adoption road we're getting
the more it's bothering me that I haven't fully examined physically
having a child. I'd like to find a local oncologist that's more
supportive in Seattle, because if we did go the pregnancy route,
driving to Portland regularly would get to be a lot. So I guess I have
two questions. 1) For those of you who have gone off their medication
to have a child, how did it go short term and long term? 2) Does
anyone have a Seattle oncologist recommendation who might support this
decision?
Thanks!
Erin
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