Welcome to the board Adela. The first few months are the worst as your body comes to terms with the drugs and your mind comes to term with the disease, but it does get better. If you were diagnosed in Chronic phase then the odds really are excellent that you will outlive the disease and be able to get on with the more important things in life like enjoying cheese-flavoured snacks.
Life-saving cancer drug can also cause heart damage: Study
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Posted 14 March 2014 - 01:38 PM
I just saw your post Trey, Shame on you bad mouthing wine.
Diagnosed 11 May 2011 (100% FiSH, 155% PCR)
with b2a2 BCR-ABL fusion transcript coding for the 210kDa BCR-ABL protein
Sprycel: 20 mg per day - taken at lights out with Quercetin and/or Magnesium Taurate
6-8 grams Curcumin C3 complex.
2015 PCR: < 0.01% (M.D. Anderson scale)
2016 PCR: < 0.01% (M.D. Anderson scale)
March 2017 PCR: 0.01% (M.D. Anderson scale)
June 2017 PCR: "undetected"
September 2017 PCR: "undetected"
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Posted 15 March 2014 - 01:50 PM
Hi, thank you for the fast reply. I take 400 mg. of Imatinib. Will I loose my hair?
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Posted 15 March 2014 - 01:54 PM
Hi, thank you ALL for information. What about my hair? Will I loose it? I forgot to ask the doctors. I am worried about my hair.
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Posted 15 March 2014 - 06:40 PM
No, you will not lose your hair. This is not chemotherapy. There are various side effects which may for some include thinning of hair.
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Posted 15 March 2014 - 06:55 PM
Hi Adela,
I didn't lose any hair on Gleevec, the only thing I think happened to me was it slowed the growth a bit. On the bright side it saved me a bit of money in hair cuts.
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Posted 16 March 2014 - 01:46 PM
Hi, I am on Gleevec. Thank you all for the information. I feel better already!
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Posted 16 March 2014 - 06:11 PM
Check out the threads that interest you and ask any questions, there is always someone around to give you a hand. And if you're reading anything on the intranet, make sure it is current.
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