Guest guest Posted April 4, 2005 Report Share Posted April 4, 2005 Hi Barb I have constant 'flushing' of the face. The cheeks feel extremely hot at the same time. It is especially intense after a hot shower. I also am cold ALL THE TIME and I live in Arizona! I kill my family when I need heat! So I got a lot of sweats I wear and blankets all the time. I do believe it is a side effect of gleevec as it showed up immediately upon beginning my treatment. I am taking 400 Mg a day - since June of 02. I do find that there are certainly a cyclic nature to the side effects too. The only ones that are constant are the face flushing, being cold, and constant fatigue. The others, and I have them all listed on the cmlsupport.com website. But they cycle in and out at different times. I see Tom is scheduled for his BMT on my third anniversary of diagnosis - may it mean the cure for him. Where are you going? Barb in AZ >Tammy: > >Hi. My sixteen-year-old son often has redness of the face and is very >pale. He is also cold a lot. He likes the heat turned up to the point >where we can't stand it so we got him his own heater for his room. He >also wears a sweatshirt in the house most of the time. I think this is >either a side effect of the Gleevec or from CML because he didn't have >this before. He is on 600 mg Gleevec daily. > >Barb Neddo, >Mom to Tom 16, dx 8/04, >BMT scheduled 5/04/05 > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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