Hi Joyce, Seems scary but I was off sprycel for many weeks due to PE. But my numbers continued to be good 3.6 -3.9 log reduction. Sadly I'm off sprycel for good due to continued problems with PE. Was put on Bosulif for short time but off temporarily due to side effects. Hope to go back on the weekend after seeing doctor Friday. Best of luck to your husband. Your doctor is very highly respected. Have a great day. Jeff
Sent from my iPhone. > On Sep 8, 2014, at 11:33 PM, Joyce Mesnarich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have been reading the reports of various CMLers having side effects from the > various TKIs. Jut wanted to weigh in with my husband's latest experiences. > He was short-winded and family doc ordered a chest X-ray which revealed some > effusion. We reported this to Dr Talpaz (his CML specialist) and Dr T wanted > him to have an echogram which we were able to do locally with his regular > cardiologist. Dr T said to quit taking Sprycel immediately and not to > continue until he and the cardio conferred. As of now, he will have another > echo in a week to see if there is any change one way or the other. He has an > appointment with Dr Talpaz in Michigan the middle of October and it sounds > like they are going to have him stay off Sprycel until at least then. It's > kind of scary being off the medication that you know is saving your life. > But Dr T is not concerned. Don't know where this is going next. All part of > the journey. Continue to pray for all the warriors out there. > Thank you for your input. > Joyce in IL > > -- > -- > [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.

