just so you know, Ponatinib is not a chemotherapy drug but one of many "targeted therapies.
Read all about Ponatinib here. http://chemocare.com/chemotherapy/drug-info/ponatinib.aspx 18's, Marty On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 8:15 AM, ICANDOALLTTC via CMLHope < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > I haven't had a stroke but the chemo I'm on now, Ponatinib, will cause > stroke, blood clots, heart attacks, and you name it is a side effect of > this chemo, however, after being in blast I went into remission within just > 3 months on this chemo; Praise God from whom all blessings flo. > > My girls and grandson took me out for a fantastic lunch yest. and what a > memory maker that is. > > My mother had a stroke when she was about 78 and the only thing she could > remember was how to sign her name. She had to learn how to speak and write > again; went to classes and soon was almost back to normal. Strokes run in > our family; my grandmother and mother plus my sister all having them at > about age 78. My sister didn't make it through hers but my grandmother and > mother did. > > Could you tell us how you felt when you were having your stroke? Did you > take aspirin? > > I found out I had leukemia in 2009 after being so tired after my usual > walks. Had blood test and immediately put in hospital for blood cleansing > and then put on Gleevec. It was a rough road on Gleevec and then the > mutants took over---more later. > Enjoy the day and keep on fighting warrior. > > In a message dated 6/1/2017 7:54:16 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > on here. > > -- > -- > [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 CMLHope-unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > 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.
