Myelosuppression

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Hello All,

On the subject thread of Myelosuppression, I should tell you that I have

been having a very difficult time with anemia. My Hgb hovers between 95 and

105 (normal values are 120-140) Procrit (or Eprex as it is known here in

Canada) hasn't helped nor has iron pills. I have gone through every test

imaginable and hopefully will have the final results next week. B12,

Folates, Ferritin, and TSH are all normal. A colonoscopy turned up negative

for intestinal bleeding. I had another bone marrow biopsy last Friday,

which will give us results on the iron stain as well as the usual

cytogenetics. Other than being more tired than usual, all is well. The

good news is that my peripheral Q-PCR done in August came back once again

PCRU. It is now just over 2 years of PCRU on Gleevec and a total of 3 years

PCRU in general if we take into account my days on IFN.

Hard to imagine that I will celebrate my 5th CML anniversary this fall -

where does time go?

Cheers to all,

Cheryl-Anne