Hello again from a very cold & snowy Missouri: What great discussion this has been & hearing from all of you on the differences of cost and what we've all been through....well, I've enjoyed it a lot.
Had my six month's check up yesterday. Doc says everything looks very good. I personally thought that my counts were a little bit low, but think they've ran a little on the anemic side since the beginning and no one seems concerned, so guess I shouldn't be either. (smile) She said that we'ld stay on the six month's visits unless there was a noticeable change in the BCR-ABL that comes in a couple of weeks. We talked about my 7 year anniversary & she told me that I was in that "pioneer" group of being on Gleevec for a long period & that right now, no one (medical field) knows about whether it will be a cure for CML or just what might occur down the road. I thought to myself, well there are others who've been on it longer than me. (smile) I don't really feel much like a "pioneer", but I am very happy that when I was dx'ed, there was a drug for it. By the way, who posted about Novartis getting the extension on the patent for Gleevec? And, is there a link to the article? My doc hadn't heard anything about that. And, a great big HOWDY to Skip & congrats for surviving going on your 34th year with CML. You inspire all the rest of us to keep fighting each & every day! God bless you and all you other's who've paved the way before us! Suzieq -- [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
