Hi Maria: How have you progressed since diagnosis and what meds do you take. I don't believe I've "met" (since we all know each other through the internet) anyone dx'd in blast stage. What an awful fright that must be. I relate to pushing off the symptoms and assuming it's just tiredness because I did the same for over a year.
I hope you'll let us know how you are doing and you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Marcie Baltimore Sent from my iPad > On Jul 15, 2014, at 8:10 PM, Marty Gartenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Maria, > > First I am glad to see you posting. You might have seen all of the > people on here welcome you to the group. > > It seems like a lot that you have been through but everything worked > for you and you have your family to take care of. That was probably > the main reason that you did so well. You seem to be a very strong > willed person. > > Most people on here have similiar stories so your not alone, but the > main thing here is that your doing so well. > > I always end any of my posts with two numbers, 1 and 8 which are the > symbol for life. > > 18's to you Maria, and don't be a stranger here we all look forward to > continue hearing from you. > > Marty > >> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:14 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Well guys, here is how it all started, and how I was diagnosed. >> >> I am an anthropologist (physical anthropologist and archeologist), a wife >> and a mother. Of course, I am used to working hard, almost like a slave >> (all mom’s are J). I guess about 7 years ago, I started feeling a little >> more tired than usual...I mean, field work is hard, working from 7:30 AM >> until 3:00 PM at construction sites doing archaeological monitoring, pickup >> my daughter at 4:00 PM or so and spending the rest of the day with her, >> cooking, waiting for my husband to come home from work. Putting the kid to >> sleep at night. Then, I would have to write my reports and if lucky, slept >> a couple of hours to start a new day… >> >> Mom can’t get sick…I started to feel more tired than usual, heavy night >> sweats, pain in the back, left side just above the waist…Doctors said it was >> nothing, probably my imagination…It got to the point that I would come home >> exhausted. I couldn’t even do house work. I would move the furniture to >> sweep and mop, then I had to sit for half an hour in order to be able to put >> everything back in place, Once I had my white blood count high and my >> doctor told me that that only meant that I had an infection… >> >> On December 18th 2011 I had to go to the ER of my nearest hospital. After >> examination and testing, xrays, ct, etc, they even considered sending me >> home until the CBC arrived. I was hospitalized just when the x-mass season >> was getting good and my 14 year old was on vacation from school. WE had so >> many plans that were never accomplished!!!! Knowing that my daughter was >> suffering my absence was the main factor that gave strength specially >> because not even my family came through. We were and still are just 3, my >> husband, my daughter and I… >> >> I was then transferred from the hospital I was in to a government operated >> hospital area known here in Puerto Rico as CENTRO MEDICO. The HOSPITAL >> UNIVERSITARIO DE ADULTOS has a specialized unit for leukemia patients. THEY >> SAVED MY LIFE. >> >> I had my first bone marrow aspiration and biopsy done at the first hospital. >> Results were in soon, 2 days or so and results were given to my husband to >> take over to the new hospital. Results were horrible, although at that time >> I didn’t pay much attention to them. Thank GOD I did not!!! I would have >> given up then and there. >> >> Final Diagnosis: >> >> Comprehensive Assessment: BLAST PHASE OF CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA WITH >> T(9,22) AND DELETION OF 9Q. >> >> The patients peripheral blood smear shows markedly increased blasts. The >> bone marrow core biopsy also reveals a large population of blasts; including >> 80% of the maroow spaces. The blasts are small to intermediate in size with >> high N:C ratio, immature chromatin and a small amount of cytoplasm with >> occasional cytoplasmic granules… the blasts are positive for MPO,CD66, >> LYSOZYME with no significant expression of CD34 AND CD117… >> >> >> >> PRONOSTICATING RESISTANCE TO TYROSINE INASE INHIBITORS AND UNFAVOURABLE >> PROGNOSIS… >> >> -- >> -- >> [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 >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CMLHope" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > [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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- [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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