Hi All, Jeannie, in response to your question. I was on gleevec 400 mg for 2 yrs...then my face and arm went numb while I was in a doc's office- taking someone else for their appt.
I was ambulanced across the street to the hospital. After many visits to neurosurgeons, they could only come up with cavernous malformations on my brain. They should not cause strokes. It was not the blood clot type of stroke, btw. At that point in 2007 I went off all meds for cml. I decided better to let numbers slowly rise than die or drool from strokes. So thank God my vision returned to normal and hearing after 3 mos. I did have another stroke in 2010 without being on a tki. I was exercising at the time. I stayed off meds for 7 years. They tell me at Northwestern I have pinpoints of blood in all parts of my brain. They are just waiting to burst. I must tell you i tried all of the tki's except ponatinib and they all gave symptoms of stroke. In bcr/abl tests i stayed below 10 for those yrs. Until 2014 when I agreed to get on bosulif at only 100 mg. a day instead of standard 400 mg. All went fine and I was blessed to stay undetectable. Then in Dec. Of 2015 my numbers jumped just a bit. Still under 1.0 but I agreed to go up to 200mg a day. 10 days later I had another stroke. No major damage remained. I stayed off bosulif for 8 months. Now I take 100mg every other day. So far so good! Sorry for such a long letter. Thanks to my blood buddies for all yr. prayers. You do have mine! Jeanie, sure hope the elbow adjustment will right all the wrongs! Another gentleman wrote that this corrected his problem. We hope!!! You always have a great attitude, Jeanie. 18's Susan f. On Monday, October 2, 2017 'Jeanie' via CMLHope <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Susan and thanks Can you explain how you went through your stroke? Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️ My Motto: Faith and Pills With Love 🐠18's Dx 1/2004 CML Leukemia Started Gleevec 2/2004 Started Tasigna 9/2009 Started Sprycel 11/2009 Started Ponatinib 1/2015 Doctor Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center On Sep 27, 2017, at 9:57 AM, 'Susan Zimmerman' via CMLHope <[email protected]> wrote: Sorry Jeanie, I have numbness in left side due to a stroke but never what you are describing. Hope somebody else can help! Meanwhile you are in my thoughts and prayers, as is everybody else in our group! 18's, Susan Z. Susan F. Zimmerman "All who humble themselves before the Lord shall be given every blessing, and shall have wonderful peace." Ps.37:11 On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 'Jeanie' via CMLHope <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all I've been having anew side effect from something and was wondering if anyone else has it too. I wake up with my right hand hurting real bad-being numb and especially painful in pinkie finger. Now the whole hand hurts. Any ideas? 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