Re: Taking Gleevec Regularly

July 1, 2005

At 02:32 PM 7/1/05 -0500, you wrote:

>. By the way, I also had a

>colonoscopy two years ago, but stayed on Gleevec before, during, and after.

>Margot

Hi Margot,

The difference for some people with the colonoscopy is the platelet level.

If you always have platelets in the normal range then it is probably not a

problem.......but some have lower than normal platelets on IM.

C.

July 13, 2005

It's not so funny but once your getting 'better' we want/crave normalcy and so

we (I) often forget to take my Gleevec. Once I went an entire week (I'm

recollecting). I don't think it hurt at all....

Margot M <redbudln@...> wrote:I have been on Gleevec since June 01. Since

then I have only missed two

doses of 400 mg each. The first time I simply forgot to take it. When I

remembered it, it was time for the next day's dose. The second time was

when I had a bleeding eye (with a small amount of blood actually running out

of my eye) and my local oncologist asked me to stay off it for a week. I

saw an eye doctor who told me it was nothing serious, so I went back on

Gleevec after only being off it for one day. By the way, I also had a

colonoscopy two years ago, but stayed on Gleevec before, during, and after.

Margot

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