Greenie, I had to quit Gleevec because it was messing with my kidneys. Now I take Tasinga. Joan
On Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 9:56:22 AM UTC-6, greenie wrote: > > Hi to my friends in our group, well I've been on Gleevec for 15 years > and 14 days all of a sudden for the last 4 days I'm having nausea > problems. I'm taking some promethazine that helps some what but it's not a > fun thing. I have no idea what started it either. I had this problem > before when we lived in Springfield, MO. I got over heated and got hit with > nausea every day for a little more then 2 years then I awoke one morning > and it was like someone turned off the switch and it was gone. This time > of the year it's not hot here so I know that's not what caused this problem. > > I'm going to take a Gleevec break for a week or two to clean out my system > and hope that I get back to normal. I did this before about 6 years ago > when I had a sinus infection and the doctor back in Indiana put me on and > anabolic that interfered with my Gleevec so we stopped Gleevec for 26 > days. After getting blood work some cancer cells did show back up in my > blood work but after stating Gleevec again the next test showed that I was > clean again. > > My doctor at that time was doctor Tallman and he gave me a call and said > "well if it worked before it will work again" and that was that. So I have > my fingers crossed to see what happens. I can't stand this nausea problem, > my heart goes out to the women that have babies and have to put up with > nausea. I just hope it's the Gleevec again and not something else. My > blood counts are O. K. so I'm not worried about that. This does not help > my anxiety problems > > Will keep you all up to date as how things go. > > greenie > > -- -- [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.
