I was on Geevec for 3 years, My % went up to 8%. So I went onto Tasigna. Just got my BCR-ABL results back after 6 weeks on Tasigna. They were 0.05%
Party time tonite, after my 3 hours with no food.....
Results went down
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Floa7
, Mar 25 2015 05:40 PM
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Posted 25 March 2015 - 05:40 PM
1 2012 CML detected Started Gleevec 400 mg
In nov 2014 my pcr started to rise by Feb I stopped Gleevec and went onto
2 2015 Tasigna 600 mg/day
I have been PCRU for 2 years and stopped Tasigna 4 7 2017
5 8 2017 results 0.008
5 30 2017 results 0.028
6 30 2017 results 0.3, I have restarted the Tasigna because it went above 0.1
My son
11 2011 CML detected Started Gleevec 400 mg
He went 2 1/2 years on gleevec and lost PCRU
Started Sprycel went PCRU for 2 years and stopped the Sprycel, went back for 3 month checkup and PCR was 8.0
He went back onto Sprycel and now is PCRU again
3 16 2017 results 0.008
6 1 2017 results 0.002
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Posted 25 March 2015 - 05:43 PM
Awesome! Tasigna is awesome. I hate the three hours though. I usually get real hungry and then eat too much after the 3hr wait.
10/01/2014 100% Diagnosis (WBC 278k, Blasts 6%, Spleen extended 20cm)
01/02/2015 0.06% Tasigna 600mg
04/08/2015 0.01% Tasigna 600mg
07/01/2015 0.01% Tasigna 600mg
10/05/2015 0.02% Tasigna 600mg
01/04/2016 0.01% Tasigna 600mg
04/04/2016 PCRU Tasigna 600mg
07/18/2016 PCRU Tasigna 600mg
10/12/2016 PCRU Tasigna 600mg
01/09/2017 PCRU Tasigna 600mg
04/12/2017 PCRU Tasigna 600mg
10/16/2017 PCRU Tasigna 600mg
01/15/2018 PCRU Tasigna 600mg
Cancer Sucks!
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Posted 25 March 2015 - 06:28 PM
Yay! !! Tasigna is pretty awesome! I to over compensate for the 3 hour no food rule. .....like i haven't ate for days or something lol
Diagnosed Oct 2013 Started 600mg of Tasigna on Nov 4th. Lowered dose a few months later to 300mg due to side affects stayed here declining PCR until March 2015 small jump from 0.0072 to 0.0083 scarred my doc into full dose of Tasigna again 600mg(been miserable since) but reached PCRU 06/15/2015(next test) and have been there ever since. Hoping to have another little one. I have the support of my doc to go off anytime, just scared to jump. might go two years PCRU but he said it wont make much of a difference. I just figured I could possibly go into a trial while preggers if I got the two years behind me.
Nov 8th 2017 went off Tasigna
Dec 1st PCRU off TKI
Jan 5th PCR Detected .0625
Feb 1st PCR Detected .7815
Added 8-6 grams Curcumin daily in Feb
March 3rd PCR Detected 3.2646 YIKES!
stopped trying for baby after February reading. will start new TKI march 16th 2017 (Sprycel)
FYI I'm not done trying for my last little one.
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Posted 25 March 2015 - 11:02 PM
Happy Dance Time, so happy for you.
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Posted 26 March 2015 - 06:05 AM
Congratulations!
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 26 March 2015 - 05:18 PM
Bit like when you have to put contacts in your eyes, open your mouth/drop your jaw and it seems to relax the rest of your face and you can do stuff around your eyes a lot easier.
I just had serious flashbacks......
Dx: Sudden severe anemia detected 07/2011, followed by WBC spike. CML Dx 02/2012.
Rx: 03/2012-Gleevec400. Reduced 02/2013 to Gleevec300 due to side effects (low blood counts).
Response: PCR-Und within 7 mo. on G400. Maintained MMR4-MMR4.5 on G300. PCR-Und since 02/2016.
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Posted 26 March 2015 - 07:10 PM
Meant to write that in the other thread, darn can't blame the Gleevec. 
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