I just got my one tear results. I am at .68% IS. My dr wants to do a bone marrow biopsy next month to make sure everything is ok. I haven't had one since diagnosis. I am on gleevec 400mg. Here are my previous results:
Diagnosis 4/4013 84.19%
6/2013 13.7%
7/2013 2.56%
8/2013 2.24% IS
10/2013 0.57% IS
1/2014 0.32% IS
4/2014 0.68% IS
I was worried because it was the firs time I saw an increase but my dr said it's really not considered an increase at this point. I really hate to change meds because the side effects are so manageable for me with gleevec. The dr told me not to worry he just wants to check things out but I can't help but worry. Are these numbers bad for one year results ? Is it possible to hover between 0 and 1% and still be ok? Would you switch meds if the bone marrow test does not show any issues? Thanks