Hi Drazen, and welcome to the CML Community. Most of us have been in your shoes, and know the early stages are a critical time where you want to learn all you can, and are absorbing a lot of information. There are literally hundreds of resources you can go to, as well as support groups like this one where people share their personal opinions and experiences. It's easy to hit information overload very quickly - there's a whole new language and much more to learn right now. You will get there, but it takes some time. I suggest that you start your research with the organizations that are dedicated to providing current, accurate CML information for patients. These include the National CML Society in the United States and the CML Society of Canada. If you are in another country I would be happy to help you locate support there. To address your specific question on PCR tests, I'm providing some links below.
Best wishes to you, and feel free to also write me via direct message if I can be of further support. Pat Elliott Phoenix, Arizona http://www.nationalcmlsociety.org/living-cml/monitoring-tests http://www.cmlsociety.org/?q=node/87 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Draz Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 1:32 AM To: CMLHope Subject: [CMLHope] Newly diagnosed Hi all, First time poster here, recently (3 weeks ago) I've been diagnosed with CML at a chronic stage with white bloodcell count 309. Treatment started of with Glivec (Imatinib) and almost 2 weeks ago they switched it to Nilotinib and I was placed in the researchgroup. Last week Thursday my count was 64 and the doctor said it was ok for me to start working a few hours a day and so on. All great news considering it's cancer, we're talking about. Now according to the Nilotinib research documentation I should be receiving PCR results but I have no idea when or what those actually are. Can someone shed some light for me when these results start coming in cause so far I've only been getting white bloodcell count. Regards Drazen -- [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 -- [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
