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Patty (ibpatti32)


March 12, 2007


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Granite CIty, Illinois


August 29, 1955


Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info


Chronic Myeloid Leukemia


Chronic Myeloid Leukemia


10-12-94


Lumpectomy


No


How it turns people's life upside down


To live each day like it is truly the gift that it is


The support that I have received here from other Survivors had been so heartwarming. Everyone is like FAMILY here.....


Stem Cell Transplant


side effects from the chemo is awful


Siteman Cancer Center @ Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.


Low grade fevers, fatigue, extreme headaches, anemia, bone pain

stem cell harvest,central line insertion,(1995) multiple bone marrow biopsies,(every 12 months, then 6 months, vertioblasty (2005) Sep. 2007 after raising my GLEEVEC dosage to 800 mg per day I am happy to say that I am now back in REMISSION Yeah

None


Interferon from onset- continued hospital admissions,recurrent infections, suppressed immune system
Gleevec May 2002 to present, minimal side effects, mostly nausea, malaise

No match found. All my children tested immediately after diagnosis. They are all in the Natl Bone Marrow Registry for being a possible match for another person in need


ibpatti32's Photos

Laura and myself taking a break @ St. Pete Beach, Fl.
 Dr. Peter Weiss and myself
 Me and Laura being Silly
My new doggie, Maggie Mae
 Laura and her little girl, Lucy
 Me and Laura, always Toe 2 Toe, St. Pete Beach, FL.
Myself on Laura college Graduation Day
 One of the bolus' I continue getting on my body
 Another bolus on my hand
Cover of Fall Issue of CURE

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Cover of Fall Issue of CURE
Another bolus on my hand
One of the bolus' I continue getting on my body

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