You are welcome Susan, I hope it helps! Michele
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 1:22 PM, smgedit <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Michele. > Those questions are awesome and so is your blog. > Sue > > On Friday, November 14, 2014 2:18:47 PM UTC-5, Michele, Loves to Dance! > wrote: > >> Hi Sue, >> >> So sorry you had to "join" us! But glad that you found us; there is a >> wealth of information that comes from the collaboration of many. >> >> There are also Facebook groups that you may be interested in, also. >> >> I have had CML for 3 years 9 months and what I can tell you is that it >> does get easier with time, and that it also can be a roller coaster! >> >> I have chronicled my journey in a blog. This is a post of questions that >> you may wish to ask your oncologist. >> >> Hope this helps! >> Important Questions for the Newly Diagnosed >> <http://www.leukemiasurvivor.co/2011/08/important-questions-for-newly-diagnosed.html> >> >> Best wishes, >> Michele >> >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:23 AM, smgedit <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was diagnosed with CML a little over a month ago and had a bone marrow >>> biopsy and started taking Gleevec last week. I'm trying to learn as much >>> as I can about CML and my oncologist is great about giving detailed >>> explanations and answering questions. But I was wondering if anyone else >>> ever got what I consider a strange reaction from others about my news. In >>> the past week, I've had people say the following things to me which upset >>> me a lot. >>> >>> "So what's the big deal? So you have to take a pill...I have to take >>> this antibiotic for my tooth infection this week too." >>> >>> "There is so a cure for leukemia. Plenty of people are cancer free. You >>> don't know what you are talking about." >>> (This after explaining about the drugs and "response," vs. "remission." >>> etc.) >>> >>> "Well I hope you have a speedy recovery. Good luck." >>> >>> I know I can't put my energy into dealing with this right now but it is >>> weighing on my mind anyway. It made me happy to find this group online >>> where I know people can at least "get" it and where some of you have been >>> living with CML for quite a while. >>> >>> Anyway, that's my first post. Nice to meet you. >>> >>> Sue >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> [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 CMLHope-u...@ >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> www.LearntoBallroomDanceOnline.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 [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. > -- [email protected] www.LearntoBallroomDanceOnline.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 [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.
