Thanks Shannon. and let's not forget those that spell it Glivic. Richard H.
On Monday, December 29, 2014 4:54:44 AM UTC-6, Shannon L wrote: > HI Richard > Sorry to hear you are back on Glivec ( ha aussie spelling) hope you are > well. > Best Wishes Shannon > > On Friday, December 12, 2014 4:40:31 PM UTC+11, Richard H wrote: >> >> I am officially back on 400mg of Gleevec. My ONC and I had been >> discussing and researching the newer TKI's since July. The last month, I >> have been trying to get approved for Bosutinib approved thru the VA. My >> ONC and I thought the VA ONC had it on order, but when I went for my >> appointment The VA pharmacist had disapproved it. He would approve >> Gleevec. His reasoning was t hat I had had a good response for 4+ years. >> My 6+ years off TKI's should allow me another long success period. For >> those know or use the VA, my status is classified as a duel patient. I am >> only eligible for prescriptions, but the Cancer Meds have to be prescribed >> by a VA doctor. Of course, I am disappointed but the reality is that when >> I started the vacation My ONC and I had discussed the probably of doing >> this. But since they have 3 new TKI's and one of those looked like it >> would have less side effects we opted to change course. >> >> Richard H. >> > -- -- [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.
