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Name:
Patty (ibpatti32)

Member Since:
March 12, 2007

Home page:
Click here.

Location:
Granite CIty, Illinois

Birthday:
August 29, 1955

Type of Cancer:
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Medical Term for the Type of Cancer:
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Diagnosis Date:
10-12-94

Surgery:
Lumpectomy

Money Raised:
No

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

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

Alternative Cancer Treatment:
Stem Cell Transplant

Cancer Drugs Positives & Negatives:
side effects from the chemo is awful

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

Cancer Symptoms:
Low grade fevers, fatigue, extreme headaches, anemia, bone pain

Surgery Description, Dates & Side Effects:
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

Radiation Description, Dates & Side Effects:

None

Chemotherapy Description, Dates & Side Effects:
Interferon from onset- continued hospital admissions,recurrent infections, suppressed immune system
Gleevec May 2002 to present, minimal side effects, mostly nausea, malaise

Bone Marrow Transplant Description, Dates & Side Effects:

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

Another bolus on my hand

This one had just started and was less than 1/2 hour old so it’s still quite small
(Sorry. I wasn’t able to crop (?)

Posted on December 16, 2009 at 1:44:07 AM by Patty

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