My onc told me that I could not take the shingles vaccine nor any live-virus vaccine. I've been on Gleevec since 2000.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 6:20 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cmlhope/topics> > Google > Groups > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email/#!overview> > Topic digest > View all topics > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cmlhope/topics> > > - Cml and Shingles vaccine <#14de748a19e3ae72_group_thread_0> - 2 > Updates > > Cml and Shingles vaccine > <http://groups.google.com/group/cmlhope/t/c99608f91277a71e?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email> > Poongothai R <[email protected]>: Jun 12 11:29AM +0530 > > Hi friends! Just want to know we cml warriors can take Shingles vaccine? > > Kothai > Marty Gartenberg <[email protected]>: Jun 12 05:38AM -0400 > > Hi Kothal, > > Good question. I spoke with my doctor about this and since I have had two > episodes of the Harpies Zoster virus (Shingles) he told me to go ahead and > have the vaccine. However I am not or have ever been on any TKI's because > they were not yet available 26 years ago when I had my bone marrow > transplant. > > If I were you I would speak with your doctors about getting this vaccine. > Just so you know if you are not on socialized medicine this vaccine costs > about two hundred dollars in the United States. > > 18's, Symbol for life. > > Marty > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 1:59 AM, Poongothai R <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Back to top <#14de748a19e3ae72_digest_top> > You received this digest because you're subscribed to updates for this > group. You can change your settings on the group membership page > <https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_source=digest&utm_medium=email#!forum/cmlhope/join> > . > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it send an > email to [email protected]. > -- -- [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.
