Hi Kate and welcome. Rash is a bad side effect. Glad you are doing so good on tasigna. I didn't. Dropped my counts too low and quit working for me but many patients do good on it. This rash will go away hopefully soon. Use creams until you find one that helps. Good luck.
My Motto: Faith and Pills Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s Dx 1/2004. CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib January 2015 Dr Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:35 PM, Kate <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was diagnosed in jan 2015 and put on tasigna, my numbers are great as was > the last bone marrow test. The ph chromosome was almost undectable! > Yes I know all of this great news and I am glad, however the 'rash' side > effect has me a virtual prisoner! My face, neck chest hands and feet are a > mess. > Anyone out there had this prob !! I'm seeing a dermatologist but so far > nothing is really working. The areas are also heat sensitive, so sunlight, > hot showers are a thing a the past for me. Would love to hear from anyone!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 24, 2015, at 12:14 PM, 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope > <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> >>> Jeanie, > > -- > -- > [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. -- -- [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.
