Hi Peter....Welcome to our wonderful group. The people on here have such knowledge and understanding, so I know that we can get answers if we all work together. I was on Gleevec, and at one point they had me on 800 mg. a day, which I think is more then double of what they have started people on lately. I never went into remission, and at some point, it wasn't working at all. My side effects were horrible diarrhea, chills, and other things. I think it did a number on my joints and muscles too. At any rate, they switched me to Tasigna, and now have been taken off of that due to a liver problem, so at present am on nothing. The only side effect I had on Tasigna, was constipation. It also worked on my liver. I was in remission the last time they did the blood work, so, hopefully, I'll stay there. Yesterday I had a liver biopsy done and am going to have to wait for the results from that and then see where I am with the cancer drug. I have such faith in my Oncologist and that's half the battle. He's been wonderful to me for 20 years now, and, hopefully, will figure this one out too. I just have to have a wait and see attitude and do the best that I can. All of these drugs do something to us. Some react with a lot of side effects, and others don't. I still think that, in the end, they all do something to us, but they also prolong life, so the options aren't great. I choose to live, so will take whatever I must to do that. As I said, we are a good group. I don't follow the numbers, etc. like some do as I have complete faith in my doctor and know that he'll tell me when things aren't right. The guy even calls me when he needs to talk over something about my treatment etc. Who has a doctor that does that? You take care. My name is Millie, I live in Pennsylvania, and am 74 years young. Welcome to our group. Millie
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