I am also curious why you chose a transplant. Susan: Congratulations on 4 Years vacation. I am at 3 years and Feb. My reaing was .5 and my threashold is 1. before I have to make a decision. My next test is in Aug I am quite hopeful with recent history showing an increase of only .1 every six months.
Richard H. dxd 2/2003 400mg Gleevec 3/2003 Undetectable 11/03 RT-PCR negative 11/04 QT-PCR .003 11/05 RBC 8. Gleevec Vacation 11/06-6/07 Iron infusion 11/06 Transfusions 12/06-5/07 QT-PCR .7 Gleevec 1/08 -5/08 Procrit 8/08-11/08 Gleevec Vacation 7/08-Present QT-PCR .03 4/09 QT-PCR .015 6/09 QT-PCR .021 9/09 QT-PCR .028 1/10 QT-PCR .01+ 4/10 QT-PCR .0438 10/10 QT-PCR .05 2/11 Next test Aug. On Jul 22, 10:59 pm, Susan Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Qtk98: > > I am curious why you went with a transplant two times instead of gleevec? or > did you use gleevec or sprycel? I have been without gleevec for over four > years now and I need testing again to see how advanced the amount of cells > have gotten in my system. Last October they were over 1.0 on the log > reduction thing....I risk a brain bleed with any CML medication, so have not > gotten back on, against the doc's wishes. > > Thanks for any further information. > Susan (Indiana) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Susan Zimmerman <[email protected]> > To: cmlhope <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Jul 22, 2011 7:30 pm > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Transplants > > Dear Qtk98: > > I am curious why you went with a transplant two times instead of gleevec? or > did you use gleevec or sprycel? I have been without gleevec for over four > years now and I need testing again to see how advanced the amount of cells > have gotten in my system. Last October they were over 1.0 on the log > reduction thing....I risk a brain bleed with any CML medication, so have not > gotten back on, against the doc's wishes. > > Thanks for any further information. > Susan (Indiana) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Qtk98 <[email protected]> > To: cmlhope <[email protected]> > Sent: Fri, Jul 22, 2011 3:39 pm > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Transplants > > I had 2 transplants for CML, both of which failed. I had the > non-myloablative transplants, which means the conditioning chemo used before > each transplant was not as harsh as a full blown transplant. I have been > told by a recent 2nd opinion doctor that I needed a full blown transplant > from day one because the amount of CML cells in my marrow prior to transplant > supported that a mini-transplant would not work. I am currently seeking a > 3rd transplant, which is probably my last shot at transplant, so I need to be > sure this is done right. I hope this information helps you and good luck > with your kidney transplants. > > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group ofhttp://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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group ofhttp://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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -- [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
