Thanks both of you, Richard and Marty for your concern!!! I am doing OK and plan to have a CBC done in an hour or so. I will start back on my Sprycel as soon as they draw the blood!!!
Life is beautiful no matter what. As I look back, I know that I am lucky and strong, and I wil never give up!!!!! Love you all!!! Maria On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:14 AM, <cmlhope@googlegroups.com> wrote: > cmlhope@googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/cmlhope/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/cmlhope/topics> > > - Digest for cmlhope@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic > <#1483b01cae191b1e_group_thread_0> - 3 Updates > > Digest for cmlhope@googlegroups.com - 3 updates in 1 topic > <http://groups.google.com/group/cmlhope/t/a7cd50b6b2942e2a?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Maria Cashion <mariacash...@gmail.com>: Sep 02 10:24PM -0400 > > Hello everyone!!!! God bless you all!!! I have been out of touch for a > while. My situation is still complicated, but rather uneventfull. I went > to my appointment and my oncologist for the day told me that I might need > another bone marrow aspiration and biopsy soon. She was worried because my > platelets went down. The problem is that I have not been able to take my > sprycel steadily. I have skipped some days. Sprycel acts really strongly > on my platelet count, and I know this is what is happenning. Apparently, I > have an infection also running around my system. To make it more > interesting, I have been out of medication for a whole week due to > insurance red tape... > I will resume my Sprycel 70 mcg dose daily tomorrow after I do another CBC. > I have an appointment in two weeks... > > Well, please take care!!!! Love you!!!! > Blessings!!! :) > Maria > > > Richard H <richard1huff...@comcast.net>: Sep 02 09:11PM -0700 > > Hope you receive good news after your CBC. My ONC has a lab in his office > and I have my results after about a 1/32 hour wait. I have Iron Deficient > Anemia that was found after I was diagnosised with CML. He doesn't like to > have a patient do a bone marrow biopsy because it is too painful. I was on > Gleevec for 5 + years and off for almost 6. In Oct. I will do the mutation > testing as I have something happening in my medical life. I have several > things can be causing my blood test to be out of sync, so we must do some > elinination testing to find what tand who should be the lead Dr. to manage > treatment. > > My favorite response to the question "How are you doing?". "I stood up > this morning looked around and said "Thank you God. Its going to be a > great day. I hope you are having one also." > Richard H. > > On Tuesday, September 2, 2014 9:24:59 PM UTC-5, Maria Cashion wrote: > Marty Gartenberg <wa2...@gmail.com>: Sep 03 04:47AM -0400 > > Hi Richard and Maria, > > Richard, whenever we can get out of bed then it really is a good day. When > I was a young child my father taught me that every day is a good day unless > someone that we love dies. > > Maria, isn't it a shame that we all have to be dealing with insurance > companies that may denigh us some life saving medications? This is simply > unacceptable. I do hope that all of this will be worked out for you and > everyone else that this may be happening to. > > 18's, > > Marty > > > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Richard H <richard1huff...@comcast.net> > wrote: > > Back to top <#1483b01cae191b1e_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!forum/cmlhope/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > -- -- [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 CMLHope@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cmlhope-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 cmlhope+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
