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At 08:48 PM 5/21/05 -0400, you wrote:

>I think I have reached the point mentioned by Maui Nanc. The first year

>following my diagnosis, I was frantically researching on line all the time,

>never having a moment with cml out of my mind. Now, I'm into my

>second year on

>Gleevec. I've reached the point that I have had to settle down and realize

>that this doesn't go away. My life has changed forever. It's like the

>story

>of the person who planned a vacation for a special place and then the plane

>landed somewhere else. They stayed and still had a good time. Maybe I'm

>somewhere I never planned to be, but I hope I can still make the best of

>it.

Hi other ,

I do think that for many CMLers, the first year is a struggle with the dx

and the

disease. Then, hopefully, you are medically stable. But there is kind of a

letdown,

because after all that work, you still have CML.......I remember the

realization that

no matter how diligent I was and how pro-active, I would still have CML.

I like the plane and vacation plans analogy.......and here's another quote

for your

bathroom mirror or ???:

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond

to it.

Lou Holtz

I would say you have come a long way from the insecurities of your first year.

Now decide what you most want and enjoy it!

Maui Nanc