Dear Listers, I first want to say thanks all who share on this list and many other lists that I have learned so much from. My brother has Merkel Cell Carcinoma...
Greetings: The Bcr-Abl fusion peptide vaccine under development at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York City, produced remarkable results...
Greetings: It looks as if Big Pharma is making Big Bucks off us CML'ers. Gleevec sales rose to $ 1.128 billion U.S., up 84% over 2002 figures, according to the...
Greetings: I am mad as hell and won't take it anymore! Why? I I am mad because big drug companies are making billions of dollars marketing anti-cancer...
Hi everyone, I hope everyone is well. I have noticed a big increase in memory problems. I am currently in school and my grades have slipped since on Gleevec....
Hi Kris, When I was first put on Gleevec I too thought my memory was being affected. It was so bad that a few times when I was driving somewhere, I actually...
Hi Kris - I've been on Gleevec since January 2002 for GIST, and that is the only explanation I have for my brain not functioning like it used to. I don't...
Hello all: Your suggestions have helped me in the past, so here goes again! I take 400MGs of Gleevec a day. Too often I have a low grade headache and...
Hi I take 300mg a day. I have that funny feeling in my head also, kind of cloudy kind of dull like something but its not really anything. I know that sounds...
Hi Kris: I too, have noticed that and have spoken with my doc, but he insists that it has nothing to do with taking Gleevec. After I had been diagnosed and...
Hi Harold, I've been on Gleevec for 2 yrs and take 400mg currently. I take the Gleevec about 1-2 hrs after eating dinner or soon before bed and sleep through...
Thank you Tracey and everyone else who responded. You give me encouragement that once I graduate from school, hopefully, it will go away. I know that my onc...
Garry: Your description of the head feeling is right on target. My trouble is thar I have the funny feeling after I wake up, and it lasts for about six hrs. ...
Hi I sometimes have the same problem, its like you don't sleep it off, (a hangover with out even drinking). I drink some water or gatorade go for a jog and...
Hi, which dairy products contain calcium carbonate? Can somebody help me with this please? Silvia ... Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo!...
Carl, Does this group have a web page that we could view, ie. just to learn a bit more of what you are about? Also, I shared some similar frustration. I was...
JoAnn, My heart goes out to you & your family. I was just diagnosed with CML in Jan., 35 and a mother of 2. As a note to you, at first, the side effects were...
What a small world, I work for Huntsman, in Odessa, TX. I wish I had the opportunity to meet Erick, he sounds like a very special person. Kelly Davis CML,...
I am using a product called Omega RX ultra refined fish oil supplement ( Dr Sears ) crikey has that given me energy and well fish oil good for memory available...
Garry, Sorry I didn't respond earlier, I'm WAY behind on my email but you mentioned the muscle & bone cramps....I too had pretty severe when taking 600mg. ...
Hi -- Thank you! I have a doctors appt today and we'll see what happpens then. Regards, Garry dvskgr@... wrote: Garry, Sorry I didn't respond earlier,...
Greetings: Congratulations to Rob, Anjana, and Joana for their informative article on internet patient support groups published in the British Medical Journal....
I rarely have these side effects. I take my 400mg with a large glass of H2O just before my major meal of the day. If I don't eat enough then I do feel quezzy...
I am so glad that you wrote this article. I cannot tell you how many times my former doctor told me to stop reading the group posts and to get off the ...
Hi, Lynne: We owe much to listmembers like Anjana, Rob, Joana, Jennifer, Jerry and many others who have empowered patients with knowledge! Ironically, the more...
ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY Subject: Re: [Gleevec] Excellent Article on Internet Support Groups ... [Non-text portions of...
Silvia, I'm sorry to state dairy products themselves contain the calcium carbonate. It is usually anything that claims that it has added calcium. Cereal, OJ,...
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