Hi Erin. I don't have any real answers. I do have family that works for Virginia Mason and if you are a member, you could call their customer service and present you concerns and what other ONCs that are available to counsult you. If you want to e-mail me personally I would be happy to give you a specific name to call. He has been there almost 15 years and truly believes in helping the members.
Richard H. On Sep 12, 12:05 pm, sweetbluemusic2002 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- [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
