Dear Joyce,
I have had very few side effects on bosulif. I had one glass of wine about 3 hours after taking my med and got violently sick, had to stay in bed with stomach upset for four hours. No more drinking alcohol, period. Also make sure you have something on his stomach, (food) before taking. I take mine about 11am at breakfast every day, with other drugs for different things. They prefer you take it alone to have more effect, and I still got into remission. A couple of times had some nausea. Got some nausea pills in reserve for that. I just truly believe he'll be fine! 18's, Susan F. Zimmerman -----Original Message----- From: Joyce Mesnarich <[email protected]> To: cmlhope <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 2:47 am Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Change from Sprycel to bosulif Thank you for your replies and prayers. Also, Susan, thanks for the encouraging words. Do you have any significant side effects? Joyce in IL On Feb 15, 2015, at 11:41 AM, 'Susan Zimmerman' via CMLHope wrote: To Joyce and Wayne, I had been on gleevec 400 mg for 2 yrs....took myself off due to brain bleeds against doc's orders. I was able to stay in cellular remission for over 7 years. Then I went to Northwestern Medical as my molecular was up to 23 on the bcr/abl test. It dropped the next month to 9 like Wayne's....still in cellular remission. I had already decided to try bosulif at that point, so went on 100 mg. It took six months to get into MMR (major molecular remission,) but I'm THERE. On that low dose, so I am very very optimistic about Wayne having good results with few or no side effects on 100 mg. Keep on fighting and relax and enjoy every day! P.S. Yesterday the 14th was my 10yr anniversary for having CML. What a Valentine present that was!!! Susan F. Zimmerman "Look among the nations and watch; be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you." Hab. 1:5 -----Original Message----- From: ICANDOALLTTC via CMLHope <[email protected]> To: cmlhope <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Feb 15, 2015 10:32 am Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Change from Sprycel to bosulif I haven't taken bosulif yet and I tried to tell my onc about it but he was set on Ponatinib. He said that was my last hope. Maybe my mutant would work against bosulif also; just don't know. Good luck with it and my prayers are with you always. Blessings Love And Prayers Jeanie<3 In a message dated 2/15/2015 12:33:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Prayers have and will continued for Wayne. Richard H. On Saturday, February 14, 2015 at 8:36:08 PM UTC-6, grammie wrote: Jeanie and all, Yes, they did take tissue samples during the endoscopy & colonoscopy, but the blood was found BEFORE those procedures. That's why he had the procedures. Wayne was taken off Sprycel 5 months ago because of pleural effusion. For 3 months his PCRU held, but by 6 months it went up to 9.36. Dr Talpaz has chosen bosulif for his next TKI. He has so many other health problems (diabetes, A-fib, COPD, high blood pressure) that it is hard to pick another TKI. I don't know much about bosulif. Has anybody been on it? They are giving him a small dose, 100 mg. But they had to change his A-fib medication which has kept him in a good heart rhythm for 5 years. His diabetes meds are questionable, but they are going to monitor everything and see how it goes. So if possible, send a few prayers to Illinois for Wayne and his new TKI, hoping it works and that the side effects are not too bad. Joyce in IL On Feb 14, 2015, at 6:17 AM, 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope wrote: Hi Joyce Did they take tissue during endoscopy and colonoscopy ? He could be bleeding from that. That's the problem. They just don't listen. Keep talking to them. Have you considered ponatinib? Does he have heart problems? So far so good for me. This is my 19th day on ponatinib. He could have developed a mutant for sprycel by now. That's what happened to me. Keep on fighting. Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 18's On Feb 14, 2015, at 1:36 AM, Joyce Mesnarich <[email protected]> wrote: Two years ago my husband had to have 2 pints of blood because of low hemoglobin. He seems to be heading that way again. They have found blood in his stool, but could not find any cause for it, following an endoscope of the esophagus and a colonoscopy. He also takes warfarin (blood thinner) for a heart condition (A-fib). I am thinking that may be a factor, but no one wants to talk about that. He has been off of Sprycel for 5 months due to pleural effusion, but his counts continue to worsen. Go figure!! Joyce in IL On Feb 13, 2015, at 7:06 AM, 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope wrote: My hemoglobin went to under 8 and I had to have transfusions. I think if the onc I had at the time would have taken me off meds my blood would have recovered. I was on Tasigna at the time. I take iron and also try to eat iron rich foods. Prayers & Blessings Jeanie 18's On Feb 13, 2015, at 12:48 AM, Joyce Mesnarich <[email protected]> wrote: Jeanie, You have made my day!! So glad to see your numbers. Does this lower hemoglobin seem to be a fact of life for CMLers? My husband's hemoglobin also is low and he is told to take iron pills (Yuck). Keep on Keepin' on. Joyce in IL On Feb 12, 2015, at 2:32 PM, 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope wrote: Platelets down to under 400 and WBC were 7: that is a miracle. >From over a million to almost normal. The meds kicked in. Now >worried they might go to low. Hehe. Hemoglobin went down to >12.8 after holding at 13. Need to ear some iron foods. Thanks for prayers. 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