Thanks. I have always taken my Gleevec with my largest meal of the day. I started having stomach in my 20's because I worried, expected and immediate response to everything, I was diagnosed with Barrett's because of all the acidity over the years. So Gleevec was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.
Richard H. On Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 6:31:13 PM UTC-5, Icandoallttc wrote: > > Hi Richard and so happy they got all fixed. It's amazing what they can do > now. Gleevec is very hard on the tummy and I always took mine with a big > breakfast. I have an infected tummy now but haven't been able to treat it > because of my new chemo. Glad you are ok. > > Prayers & Blessings Jeanie ππ18,s > Dx 1/2004 > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib January 2015 > > On Apr 30, 2015, at 4:48 PM, Richard H <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > I spent 3 days in the hospital this week. Good news it was not > necessarily related to CML, but CML was hiding the problems. 1. I had > developed Vertigo, so we called an ambulance because the world would not > stop spinning. 2. They also found I had blood leakage in my stomach, so > that was stopped. 3. They cleaned my stomach, stopped all my meds to > re-evaluate them. They discovered that one med was reversed from what I > needed and was helping to dehydrate me. Result, my quality of life is > already much better than it has been in a long time. I have restarted > Gleevec and will continue to work on rebuilding my Hemoglobin. > > Marty, thanks for your reminders about keeping that positive attitude. Those > came at a perfect time for me. > > Marty, good luck on getting the Cather changed out. I experienced this > for the first time this hospital stay. My condolences for having to > endure it, but arenβt we fortunate it is available to help us through these > rough times? > > To all β Hip! Hip! Hooray! For all the successes. Prayers for all that > have received not so good news. > > 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] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > 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] <javascript:>. > 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.
