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Vital Info

Name:
Patty (ibpatti32)

Member Since:
March 12, 2007

Home page:
Click here.

Location:
Granite CIty, Illinois

Birthday:
August 29, 1955

Profile:
Cancer Survivor

Cancer Info

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

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 Cancer Blog

March 14, 2010

Surgery to be Tuesday 3-16-10

Hello to everyone. I only wished to post that surgery will be this Tuesday. The surgeon said it was mandatory to insure the ability to breathe without added issues. Leave it to me to mess up a perfectly good rhinoplasty. … More…

Posted on March 14, 2010 at 2:35:10 PM by Patty ( Link to this post.

Surgery to be Tuesday 3-16-10, Post a comment.

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gwen sent you a prayer.

March 11, 2010

Hello to Everyone from the 11th floor with,"Wi-Fi" YAH!!!!!

Well, as a few of you are already aware that I am back in the hospital. I wish I could say, let me think about this one, I got it, I was handgliding, No, not exciting enough, I tried skydiving, … More…

Posted on March 11, 2010 at 11:09:50 PM by Patty ( Link to this post.

Hello to Everyone from the 11th floor with,"Wi-Fi" YAH!!!!!, Post a comment.

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gwen threw a punch at your cancer.

Ibpatti32's Stats

Posts:	23
Photos:	10
Events:	0
My Supporters:	29
I Support:	48
Comments:	99
Views:	5155

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