Thanks susieq I use castor oil and it works pretty good but my skin is so dry. It is getting better and I think my hair loss has slowed down. Going to a baby shower today. Another great grandbaby is on the way. Blessings to all.
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 Aug 29, 2015, at 5:30 PM, Myvety2k via CMLHope <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Yea, I walked out to the mail box this afternoon and one got me. Must be that > Jewish, Irish, English blood that runs through my veins. > > greenie > In a message dated 8/29/2015 5:11:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Joyce: I go to Sitemen Cancer Center at the Barne's Jewish Hospital and > Washington University School of Medicine. My doctor is Dr. Amanda Cashen. I > know she treats many CML patients, not sure about being a CML specialist. I > checked her out when the doctor I had previous to her left to go back into > research and she did her clinicals under my original doctor that I started > out with at Sitemen, Dr. Hannah Koury. Dr. Koury was the greatest.....but I > only had him for about six months when he left to go to Emory University > hospital in Atlanta to set up a Hematology/Oncology Dept. like Sitemen > has. That was back in 2004..... After him, I saw Dr. Vig.......now he may > be a specialist, because after about my 3rd or 4th visit with him, he handed > me off to another (the one who went back into research) saying that I was not > "sick enough", that he only saw those CML patients who were in trouble or > having many problems. Once I got Dr. Cashen, I've been very happy with her. > She is very compassionate and she'll sit there and talk to me. I also see > her nurse practitioner, Holly, almost as much as her. I love them both and > would recommend them to anyone. There is a Dr. Depersio within the group of > Hematologist/Oncologists that has been listed in the top 100 doctors & I've > heard that those who see him are happy with him. I hope this answers your > questions. I am very happy going to the Cancer Center....they have an > awesome set up if one needs a BMB done, will give you drugs if you need them > for the BMB. I've never had a problem with the lab department, they are very > good at what they do, you don't have long waits. > > Greenie: I certainly sympathize with you and the no-see-ems! LOL I hate > them as much as the love bugs that get all over the front of the car when > driving down. Awful! > > Jeanie: You keep fighting, girl! I also know what you mean about the dry > skin. I have places on my arms of dry skin and my legs are rough as well. I > rubbed my hands over my legs and thought to myself, this is almost like sand > paper in places. I am going to try rubbing them with Coconut Oil. I've > heard a lot of good stuff about that. > > Oh and Joyce, I don't plan on leaving CML Hope. I love it here. :) > > Suzieq > -- > -- > [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. -- -- [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.
