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Vital Info

Name:
Patty (ibpatti32)

Member Since:
March 12, 2007

Home page:
Click here.

Location:
Illinois

Birthday:
August 29, 2010

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info

Type of Cancer:
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Diagnosis Date:
October 10, 1994

Surgery:
Lumpectomy

Money Raised:
No

What I Hate Most About Cancer:
How it turns people's life upside down

What I Have Learned From Cancer:
To live each day like it is truly the gift that it is

Things My Supporters Can Do To Help:
Continued Prayers & Support

Alternative Cancer Treatment:
Stem Cell Transplant

Cancer Drugs Positives & Negatives:
Present chemo requires weekly EKG due to Tasigna can cause A-Fib

Gift Friends or Family Could Give You:
Their Prayers & Support

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

Tips for others on how to deal with the physical side effects of chemo/cancer:
Communicate with others that have been there

Tips for others on how to deal with the mental struggles of chemo/cancer:
Don't be too proud to ask for help.

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Symptoms:

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

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Bone Marrow Biopsies depending upon what my blood work reflects on how often I now get BMB.2005 Vertioblasty performed when I received a double compression fx. of T-7 & T-8 from biopsy. Nose reconstructive & internal reduction 3/2010 after a fall where I fx. my nose

Radiation or Proton Therapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:

Interferon from onset- continued hospital admissions,recurrent infections, suppressed immune system
Gleevec May 2001 to April 2010, minimal side effects, mostly nausea, malaise. April 2010- Present 800 mg. Tasigna daily requires weekly EKG due to this drug has been linked to A-Fib

Bone Marrow Transplant Description, Dates & Side Effects:

I have been in The National Bone Marrow Registry since 10/94, no match to date, though had a stem cell harvest which have been kept in the event of change of stage of leukemia

Stats

Posts: 48

Photos: 17

Events: 0

My Supporters: 64

I Support: 85

Comments: 355

Views: 19032

Patty's Photos

One of the bolus' I continue getting on my body

This is just one of dozens of the bolus' that I have had. I'm sure your first thought mught be that perhaps I wore a tight pair of shoes & it caused this. This just happens to be the place where this one came up. I have to always wear what feels like a bedroom slipper though it's dark where it's not as noticeable. PLEASE, if anyone has experienced anything similar to this let me know. Thanks, Patty

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 1:22:06 AM by Patty

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