[CMLHope] Gleevec or Dasatinib

2008-09-21 Thread sheila
Hello! I don't post much, but I really need some help here. To make a long story short I was disagnosed 3 years ago in August 2005 with cml at Mayo Clinic at first I was diagnosed by a local oncologist with myleofibrosis at this time I was a month past my 37th birthday. That doc sent me on to

[CMLHope] Re: Gleevec or Dasatinib

2008-09-21 Thread C.M. Houtz
Hi Sheila: I have been on Gleevec for years and had lots of side effects. Finally my Onc. decided to switch me to Sprycel and I wasn't on that for long. I had lots of bone/muscle problems, so he put me back on 800 mg. of Gleevec. He just changed me again a couple of months ago to Tasigna and