Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-09-03 Thread maggy...@bellsouth.net
My CML occurred approximately 6 months after having received total body radiation.  From: icandoall...@aol.com icandoall...@aol.com To: cmlhope@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity Hi no one in my family ever had a blood disease

Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-09-03 Thread Martin Gartenberg
: My CML occurred approximately 6 months after having received total body radiation. *From:* icandoall...@aol.com icandoall...@aol.com *To:* cmlhope@googlegroups.com *Sent:* Wednesday, August 31, 2011 5:20 PM *Subject:* Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity Hi no one in my family ever had a blood

[CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-09-01 Thread marcon
Hi Dorothy, Nice to see your post on the heredity topic. And as always, I appreciate your input. I'm doing well and trust you are, too. September marks my 10th year of remission. I still remember that my dr. called me on Sept. 4th to tell me the news. When I answered the phone he asked, How is

Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-08-31 Thread Dorothy Emery
Hi Ruth, I think there are still a lot of unknowns on whether or not there is some genetic component to risk for blood cancers. I talked with a researcher a few years ago that was looking at families with CLL and there is some connection with that leukemia--CLL itself does have family

Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-08-31 Thread ICANDOALLTTC
Hi no one in my family ever had a blood disease but who knows? They don't even know what causes it. Good luck, Jeanie3 In a message dated 8/31/2011 1:34:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, doem...@charter.net writes: Hi Ruth, I think there are still a lot of unknowns on whether or not there

Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-08-31 Thread ANGELYN ESDERS
--- On Wed, 8/31/11, Dorothy Emery doem...@charter.net wrote: From: Dorothy Emery doem...@charter.net Subject: Re: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity To: cmlhope@googlegroups.com Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 8:34 PM Hi Ruth, I think there are still a lot of unknowns on whether or not there is some

[CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-08-30 Thread marcon
After I read the replies from Pat Elliott and Suzie Q I realized I needed to clarify my reason for going to a geneticist. It wasn't because of the family history of leukemia, but because of breast cancer history. My sister had breast cancer. I had the test for BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 , and the result

RE: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity

2011-08-30 Thread Pat Elliott
[mailto:cmlhope@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of marcon Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 8:48 PM To: c...@yahoogroups.com; cmlhope@googlegroups.com Subject: [CMLHope] leukemia heredity After I read the replies from Pat Elliott and Suzie Q I realized I needed to clarify my reason for going