They gave me prednisone..then back on Sprycel at lower dose. Don't take pe ligfhtly...get treatmemt.....Tom in KY Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: perk <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:53:31 To: CMLHope<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [CMLHope] Re: Young and Strong I am on Sprycel too and had my first bout with pleural effusion. What can I do for it? Perk in TX On Feb 28, 12:54 pm, Tom Dunham <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi...have been on 100 mg Sprycel for 18 months. Developed pleural > effusion...now on 70 mg....will keep u posted. Hang in there! Tom in KY > > T.E.D.---Sent from my iPad > > On Feb 27, 2012, at 11:51 PM, Joyce Mesnarich <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My husband (72) was put on Sprycel about 2 years ago---50 mg, the lowest > > dose according to Dr. Talpaz, a great CML specialist. It has worked well > > for him and he has less side effects than when he was on Gleevec, which he > > could not take, as it turns out. Hope your son does well on Sprycel. We > > think it is a great drug. > > Joyce in IL > > On Feb 27, 2012, at 9:21 AM, David Stroud wrote: > > >> Hi Group > >> I have kept up with this group now for almost 9 yrs. My son Jonathan was > >> dx in 2003 at the age of 9. Many I know will remember him. > >> Zavie was a great encourager for us. I know he is missed. > > >> Jonathan recently has had difficulties with his counts bouncing around.. > >> 84/100k 47/100k 28/100k > >> Use to continue at 3-5/100k > >> He is now loosing weight also but was never a big guy.. 5'9 at 109lbs. > >> Alittle concerned. Doc thinking of taking him off the gleevec of 400mg > >> daily to the new Sprycel. I want to statr at a low dosage if so. > > >> Depression has set in also. But alot has to do with teenage life. > >> For those that have switched to Sprycel.. what is the "low Dosage" isn't > >> it 50 daily? > > >> Each One Take care > >> Fran > >> Mom > > >> -- > >> [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 -- [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
