Hi Angie, Thanks for the good wishes. I haven't heard of anyone with the edema issues I have that are on Gleevec. I am on a rather high dose at 600mg, and have been since I started. In my case the doctors blame Gleevec for everything. I had a toe nail that was falling off from fungus and he told me it was the Gleevec. Sometimes it is really comical the things I hear that Gleevec causes.
Stay well, Sherri On Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 3:20 AM, sherri swanson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Marty, > > My doctor put me on Furosemide 20mg & potassium as I have low potassium to > begin with, and at 20mg it did nothing. SO of course, he increased it to > 40mg and still nothing. He switched me to a different drug Spironalactone, > generic for Aldactone and still no trips to the bathroom and the swelling > did not abate. My legs are just stubborn. So that is when all the testing > started and current I am not on any diuretic as none of them have produced > a result. Strange huh? Leave it to me to be difficult. But with all the > other medical issues I have some not so common, the doctors are doing a > bunch of tests with the hopes of find the culprit. > > I have to tell ya, I would welcome a run for the bathroom about now. LOL😁 > Anything to get rid of this excess water. > > As always, your input is most welcome. > > Cheers, > > Sherri > > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 10:12 PM, 'judy' via CMLHope < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello This is Judy I forgot my password s I ave to wait till some one >> writes all is good t this end we got about a foot of snow and its >> beautiful Just love it. Have been off Gleevec for a few years and >> stillgoing Good Keeping up with blood tests because of other things buT >> all is Good with the counts. Take care and if you want some snow come and >> get it HAha JUDY >> >> >> On Monday, February 29, 2016 10:00 AM, Marty Gartenberg <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Why the silence? I miss everyone. >> >> 18's, >> >> Marty >> -- >> -- >> [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.
