That's excellent Greenie! 18's to you
Marty On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 2:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hi just received my lab works and everything is O.K.. I'm low on some of > the tests buts it's like that all the time. I'm good to go for another 3 > months. > > greenie > > In a message dated 8/3/2011 10:00:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Hi Draze, > > Unfortunatly, I would like to welcome you to "the world of CML" Fortunatly > CML is now much more treatable then in years past. Yes, as you mention it is > cancer, however, if you have to have cancer then this is probably the one to > have because of all the new drugs and treatments that are available now. > > Your WBC being at 309 at your diagnosis wss quite high, but not as high as > mine when it was more then 23+ years ago. Mine was 486,000. > > Here is a website describing what PCR is and since you are newly diagnoised > don't be disappointed if yours is not even close to PCRU. Sometimes it takes > many morths even years to get to PCRU but that is what is really good about > all of these drugs they usually help with your disease and let you live your > life. Your WBC going from 309 to 64 is a very good sign of this and your > even able to go back to work. > > Check out what PCR is, at: > http://www.dna.gov/audiences/victim/know/interpreting > > By the way, there is also another CML group you can post on. It is > [email protected] > > Both this, and that one are very good for information and there are a lot > of very friendly people on both of these lists. If you should have any more > questions or concerns just get on and post them. By the way where do you > live? > > Now a little about myself. > > I had an Allogeniec Bone Marrow transplant more then 22+ years ago for CML. > I am still here, and so are you. That is the way I look at it... > > I wish you good luck, and whenever I end an email I always end it with a > number, the number is 18's which means life. Stay in touch. > > 18's to you! > > Marty > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Draz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 > > -- > [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
