After only 5 days on gleevec my WBC count went from 95,000 to 72,000! Happy, happy dance of joy! If I have to feel crappy at least it's working!
So excited!!!
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Posted 07 February 2015 - 03:12 PM
Diagnosed 1/15/15
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
FISH 92%
BMB 9:22 translocation
1/19/15 began 400 mg gleevec
1/22/15 bcr 37.2 IS
2/6/15 bcr 12.5 IS
3/26/15 bcr 10.3 IS
6/29/15 bcr 7.5 IS
9/24/15 bcr 0.8 IS
1/4/16 bcr 0.3 IS
Started 100 mg dasatinib, mutation analysis negative
4/20/16 bcr 0.03 IS
8/8/16 bcr 0.007 IS
12/6/16 bcr 0.002 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 70 mg
4/10/17 bcr 0.001 IS
Lowered dasatinib to 50 mg
7/5/17 bcr 0.004 IS
8/10/17 bcr 0.001. Stopped TKI in prep for September surgery.
9/10/17 bcr 0.006
10/10/17 bcr 0.088
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Posted 07 February 2015 - 05:02 PM
Gail you will have many more happy dances. I am glad for you....
Its never to late to live happily ever after/ Do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of
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Posted 07 February 2015 - 07:24 PM
Good news!
Pat
"You can't change the direction of the wind but you can adjust your sails."
DX 12/08; Gleevec 400mg; liver toxicity; Sprycel 100mg.; CCyR 4/10; MMR 8/10; Pleural Effusion 2/12; Sprycel 50mg. Maintaining MMR; 2/15 PCRU; 8/16 drifting in and out of undetected like a wave meeting the shore. Retired 12/23/2016! 18 months of PCRU, most recent at Mayo on 7/25/17 was negative at their new sensitivity reporting of 0.003.<p>
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Posted 08 February 2015 - 12:10 AM
Great news Gail!
7/2014 Diagnosed,8/14 Started 100mg Sprycel, 9/14 Thyroidectomy (thyroid cancer)
8/2015 Undetectable, 12/15 Plural Effusion (3 wk drug break)
1/2016 Started 70mg Sprycel, 3/16 Plural Effusion (4 wk drug break)
3/16 .014 after a wk w/o meds
4/16 Started 400mg Gleevec
4/16 Undetectable, 7/16 Undetectable, 10/16 Undetectable, 2/17 Undetectable, 5/17 Undetectable, 8/17 Undetectable
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Posted 08 February 2015 - 01:05 PM
make sure you are drinking plenty of water - flush that dead crud out proper. Sure they told you that, but...
January 15: .53%
April 15: .78%
July 15: 1.1% - upped dosage to 400mg after this test
Oct 15: .85%
December 15: .28%
March 16: .29%
July 16: .34%
October 16: .11%
January 17: .081%
April 17: .055%
July 17: .135%
Oct 17: .008%
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Posted 08 February 2015 - 03:18 PM
Good to hear, Gail.
Dx April 2013, FISH 62, BMB not enough for PCR test; put on Gleevec 400;
August 2013, FISH 8.7;
Oct 2013, FISH 5.6
Stopped Gleevec Nov 2013 for 6 weeks due to terrible side effects; Jan 2014 started Sprycel 50mg;
Feb, 2014 PCR 6.8
May,2014 PCR .149
Aug, 2014 PCR .015
Nov. 2014 PCRU
March, 2016 went down to 40mg Sprycel
Oct. 2016 stopped Sprycel for a couple weeks due to concern about shortness of breath. Echo showed mild PAH.
Nov 1 2016 resumed Sprycel 20 mg daily
Dec 2016 PCRU
March 2017 PCR 0.020
May 2017 PCRU
Sept 2017 PCRU
Dec 2017 PCRU
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Posted 08 February 2015 - 09:58 PM
Great news, keep up the fluids to wash the junk out of your system.
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Posted 08 February 2015 - 11:39 PM
Great news Gail that is a great response to your med.
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Posted 09 February 2015 - 10:50 PM
Gail, Keep the faith! We are ALL here for you. Gleevec works well as I have been on 400 mg. since 02/27/14. I am moving toward PCRU, but I know patience is the name of the game! Jim L
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