Ruth: I certainly can understand what you are saying with your family history. But, no one on either side of my family has had anything like Leukemia of any kind save my Uncle (Mom's oldest brother) who had a type of Lymphoma & died after years of treatment and going into remission, but developed complications later. The only cancer that I can think of in either sides of my family, my paternal grandfather died from Pancreatic Cancer back in '67. My mom's only sister died about a year later from a brain tumor. Everyone else had pretty healthy lives. So, not really sure about a "heredity" connection with CML, maybe in families like yours. And, some of these families that live in an area where there are high rates of cancer caused from the environmental aspect. Like "Times Beach" here in Missouri from years ago, or other Superfund areas.
I know we all would like to know the "why's, wherefores, & how come's" pertaining to our diagnoses, but some of us may never know the reason, only God does. The main thing to take away from this, is to educate our selves, try and become as healthy as we can, take our drugs, & especially, use our experience to help others.......& also, try and be a blessing to others as well. I find my faith & a good sense of humor helps lift me up when I am down, motivates me, & gives me strength and grace to cope and go on. Blessings to you in your fight: 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
