Hi, I don't know the answer -- but since both CML and Gleevec toxicity produce anemia because of marrow suppression, maybe it's not possible to tell the difference. E.g., both would show a low reticulocyte count.
This full text paper on anemia from Gleevec https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ajh.23879 shows that other signs such as red blood cell size can vary, so that doesn't seem to help. Sorry.
Is it possible that after taking gleevec for only two weeks WBC droped from 36.7 to 7? All other blood counts are also came back to normal range. Could doctor make mistake in diagnosis of CML? Maybe I should get seg second opinion?
I was diagnosed with CML and given Gleevec 400 ml. After taking gleevec for 2 weeks doctor took additional blood test. My WBC dropped from 36.5 to 7.1 and all other blood counts came down to normal range. I'm wondering if gleevec could give such fast hematological response or I was possibly misdiagnosed originally. I don't and didn't have any symptoms, my spleen and liver weren't enlarged, no enlarged lymph. Should I get second opinion asap? Please, help me.
After two weeks on 400mlg gleevec my WBC droped from 36.5 to 7.1. My doctor told to come for additional test in two weeks. Now my WBC is 1.3 and absolute neutrophils count is 0.04. I was told to stay home on antibiotics. How long it may take for my counts to clime back to safe range. And of course, I'm off gleevec right now. Does it seem that dose of 400mlg is too high for me.
Am on Gleevec 400mg, now having problems with blisters on the palm. What can I do about it?
I was diagnosed last year and was immediatley put on gleevec 400mg/day.At my last consult my metabolic stats had risen,hence blood tests to determine if the gleevec is no longer working.I am still in firstphase and wonder what my options are if the gleevec is no longer an option.Amin pretty good form,just very tired and a lot of bone pain.
I have CML and was treated with Gleevec for 4 years and achieved remission. I have for the past several months been experiencing sudden onset of weakness which last for hours, to days. My blood pressure which has remained under control for several years with atenolol has been running 145/105 and higher for the past three to four months. I have a feeling of fullness in my stomach, and I have sporatic episodes of mild coughing, this occurs maybe once a week.
You might find he starts to be able to tolerate the pill. Gleevec is first choice for treating CML, and if he is doing good in every other way then encourage him that he is doing great.
I hope this helps you. I would be glad to help you with any other questions.
My now 5yo Rotti was diagnosed with hystiocytic sarcoma in Oct 2010. He first started showing lameness in his leg in June 2010 but they thought it might have been a bone infection and treated him with antibiotics. They also discovered that he has elbow displasia in the same leg so he had a course of anti-arthritic injections.
I was wondering if anyone could explain these spots I'm getting on my back, neck, forehead, and there is one on my thumb now too that alrmed me now. I don't know if its kaposi sarcoma, some other kind of skin disorder, or what?
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hi.. I would like to ask if what i'm experiencing right now could be kaposi's sarcoma. i have a "mole" (http://s1173.photobucket.com/albums/r594/pboy1234/?action=view¤t=822c2f7d.jpg ) which has shrunk in size because i scratched it before and then it became a scab and then it healed. but i grew another one just like the one in the picture with the same size in which i scratched it again and then it healed and became a scab and now looks like a scar.
I have an aunt that has ewing sarcoma she is located in Mexico at this moment but she does have a permit to come to the US. She needs a complicated surgery that the doctors that are treating her for cancer have never done. I would be please if anyone had any imformation that they can give me about any program or any kind of help that can be provided for her.
You dont have an hiv concern!!!!
i get my heart checked every 2 weeks now and i am fine with the qt thing. i take the chemo pill called gleevec and have to force myself to eat so i dont get sick when i take it. how long will these withdrawel problems go on? i have xanax to take (1mg) but dont work to good. i should would appreciate any advice from any one on how to deal with these issues, family dr says its anxiety but i think its the withdrawels from the high dose of elavil.
Hi...a brief before my question- my father (69 yrs old) was diagnosed with some tumour in chest close to heart about 4-5 months before. He was doing absolutely fine with no signs of any kind of medical problem before. Biopsy was done and a benign tumour was diagnosed. Docs said it was thymoma. Suddenly within 2-3 months only the size of the tumour grew immensly and docs recommended operation. He underwent surgery for same during which he got cardiac arrest twice but survived.
Hi about 5 years or in 5 in half years ago i made the biggest mistake of my life i got drunk at a strip club in nogales sonora mexico and had sex with the bartender for like 1 or 2 minutes and when we were done she said the condom broke and i remember she said did you come alot. Not that it matters and now im checking my body every second to see if i have Kaposi's sarcoma .
Until just now- Ive read that karposi sarcoma can present as small flat purple red lesions in the mouth. . Oh man - wtf! Just when Im feeling better. I still have a lymph node swollen behind my ear and one in my neck. Have any of you heard of oral kaposi presenting with tiny little dots that come and go?
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