I don't know if it is a myth or not, but I was told many years ago to make sure I had a breakfast heavy in PROTEIN before taking my Gleevec. It sure seems to work for me! I might feel sick after a breakfast of toast and jam, but never after eggs or grilled cheese or ham on toast.
Also, eating some ice cold watermelon seems to help with nausea. I have been on 300 mg of Gleevec for 11 years. Good luck, and I hope you find something that works for you! Angie in Canada What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.... Angie ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 7:38:45 PM Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Side effects Hi Sherri, I will be flying into Chicago to do my blood work and pick up my meds. at Northwestern Hosp. down town on May 2nd. My son and his wife will pick me up at Midway and take me their. My nausea come from no where, I can eat just about anything. Sat. I had a grilled cheese with my pills and about and hour later I got hit with the nausea and anxiety. So I stopped taking my pills Fri., Sat., and Sun. I started back up tonight to see what happens. Man, their are a lot of ups and downs with Gleevec and I've been on it for over 12 years. Will keep in touch. greenie In a message dated 3/12/2012 4:57:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hey Greenie, >I Have to agree that it depends on what I eat if I get nauseous or not with my Gleevec. I know I can not eat soup and take the Gleevec as that will cause me to throw up for sure. But, if I eat some bread with it I'm okay. For a while I could not eat pizza at all as I was so nauseous that I could not stand it. So, I've given up pizza. And being from Chicago, that was hard. But, it comes and goes. I find that if I eat enough food I'm okay. Hope this helps. Good luck with t he doctor and keep us posted. >Sherri > > >On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 11:29 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>Thank everyone for you feed back. dg >> >>In a message dated 3/12/2012 8:02:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>[email protected] writes: >>Hi I found that eating a big breakfast with my Gleevec kept my nausea down. >>Never eat it with spicy foods etc. Keep the meal you take you Gleevec with >>large and mild. >>>Good luck, >>>Jeanie<3 >>> >>>In a message dated 3/12/2012 7:50:31 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>>[email protected] writes: >>>Hi Marcie, We moved here for good last November. The answer to your >>>question is yes. If the guy upstairs said's it's O.K. and I hoping he >>>agrees. dg >>>> >>>>In a message dated 3/11/2012 10:36:11 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>>>[email protected] writes: >>>>Hi Greenie: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>I suffer from nausea on Gleevec only when I don't have enough food in my >>>>>stomach. I try to take 600 mg with or following dinner. Had anxiety >>>>>attacks when first diagnosed 3 years ago but they have been gone for >>>>>awhile. Severe nausea will make anyone anxious. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Good luck at the doctor and let us know how it turns out. By the way, my >>>>>husband and I may be in Ft Myers in May. Will you still be there? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Marcie >>>>>Baltimore >>>>> >>>>>Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>On Mar 11, 2012, at 1:09 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Thanks for the your email. dg >>>>>> >>>>>>In a message dated 3/11/2012 12:54:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, >>>>>>[email protected] writes: >>>>>> >>>>>>>I have been on Gleevec for 10 yrs and once in a while I start feeling >>>>>>>Nausea. It comes and goes. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>>________________________________ >>>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>>>Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:56:04 -0400 >>>>>>>Subject: [CMLHope] Side effects >>>>>>>To: [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Hi group, Question, for the last few days I have been getting nausea >>>>>>>which leads to and anxiety attacks. I've had this problem before back >>>>>>>in 2006 when I was living in Springfield, MO. I was putting a deck on >>>>>>>the back of our house and the heat was 98 deg. and heat index was 114. >>>>>>>I ended up with a heat exhaustion. Then anxiety along with nausea. >>>>>>>The nausea went on for over 2 years and I would complain to my Doctor >>>>>>>in Chicago and they would say you have been on Gleevec for over 5 years >>>>>>>theirs no way you can have problems with nausea now. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Some members of our group sent me emails that the same thing happened >>>>>>>to them. One day I woke up and the nausea just stopped and never came >>>>>>>back, put I still have the anxiety problem to this day. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Well the last few days it has hit me again for no reason. I have and >>>>>>>appointment with and Oncologist the 20nd of this month. I think I'm >>>>>>>going to take a two week vacation from Gleevec and see if things >>>>>>>improve. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>If anyone else has had this problem before please let me know. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>greenie >>>>>>> >>>>>>>-- >>>>>>>[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 >>>>-- >>>>[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 -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. 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