was diagnosed with APL, a type that has a very good treatment history. If I can get through 2 years in remission, I stand a 95% chance of never getting this...
aiting to hear what others have to say. I've talked to several leukemics who were undergoing treatments of various kinds while I was undergoing mine. How 'bout...
s there anybody in this club been through a bone marrow transplant? I go in John Dempsey Hospital Nov.6 I just want to kwon if any one has any helpful ...
o TJdoo,<br><br>These are just my observations. I did not get a BMT, but I did pay attention to what details I could get. <br><br>While I was hospitalized...
e are looking forward to a Bone Marrow Transplant. He was diagnosed April 1, 1998 (Yep great joke huuh). He went into remission after the first protocol. ...
ear birdrm, When I was between chemo treatments, a friend gave me a copy of Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul. I was so busy with being in and out of the ...
hank you for your observations.My husband is Tjdoo, he is a man of few words.I'm happy to read that you saw patients walking and nt just confined to bed.He'll...
peaking of the difficulty of telling children about an illness like ours: I was brought to tears months after first talking to mine. <br> My youngest daughter...
hope you, your husband and your family get through the BMT with success. (There's always a price for treating this stuff: I'm still having side effects just ...
nybody out there got these weird side effects like extremely dry sinus, arthritic type symptoms in joints? I turned 40 this year and I'd like to think that's...
astlehaunt,<br> Yes 2 year ago i was told i had CML,so the doc. put me on low doses of intron-a witch by the 2 years i was on it we had made it up to max dose ...
ello all,<br><br>I just found you all and I have a question to ask of you.<br><br>When we are here answering mail, supporting each other, etc -does our mail ...
ey tjdoo, Glad to get your most recent message. How goes everything at Farmington? Best wishes for a speedy recovery!<br><br>My neighbor, who has Multiple ...
he place is nice the people are taking good care of me.The doc. said it iooked good I'm taking the cemo alright for now they start some new cemo tomarrow and i...
was looking for a new support group where people could join to support each other and where ther would be no damn advertising infiltrating our messages to each...
d, Hope you like it here enough to refer others. Our messages appear to be reading material for anyone visiting this club. I'm new to this. It would be nice to...
jdoo, Glad to hear you're doing OK on the chemo. I was hooked up for 7 days, 24-hours a day--3 cycles worth. I actually got dressed and wheeled my IV around...
y transplant on fri. went very well I'm feeling perty good still my counts have not went all down yet next two days they will.But now i'm on the road to ...
lad to hear you're doing well. Thanks for the info on donors. Others will be interested, too. Get those counts back up there! You are so right about how ...
ach month when I go in for bloodwork or my quarterly bone marrow scan, I suffer more anxiety than I did when I was first diagnosed with this crap. Since they...
got home yesterday and things are going good.But just to be home in six weeks is a god sent.But being at home with faimly is better in my spirit then anything,...
've been fighting to long and to hard. My poor body needs a break. Since this is my 4th relapse I decided to let the Good Lord up there do whatever needs to be...
ondering when you were originally diagnosed. What type do you have? Since I have no claim to fame when it comes to relapse, I don't know how hard it is to...
n excerpt from a story by the surgeon, Bernie S. Siegel, M.D. taken from the book, Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul:<br>"A man with cancer is told by his ...
was originally diagnosed with ALL in 1976. I went through treatment on and off until 1978. I then received a BMT from my grandmother. I was free of it until ...
ear marmichusa,<br><br>I am always amazed at the strength (energy) we have within us. We can get our strength through our day to day activities, through our ...
I, IM JUAN MUNOZ. I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CML ON OCT 30 1998. FOUR MONTHS LATER I WAS OFF TO SEATTLE, WA TO THE VA MEDICAL CTR. DURING THE 4 MONTH TIME FRAME,...