Postings from around the world, my basic info

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Hi all, I too love the fact that the group is so international. I am

a bit boring--I am from a suburb in the Seattle area--Lynnwood, WA,

and work in downtown Seattle at Swedish Medical Center, as a medical

transcriptionist (for 35 years now!). I have four children, two

daughters, 28 and 22, and two boys, ages 11 and 8. I was diagnosed

with CML on 10/04/06. I am on Gleevec 400 mg, and have not had a good

response to it--WBCs still too high and lots of side effects. I am

going to see Dr Druker on 03/01/07, on the advice of a member

of this group! I am so thankful to have found such a great source of

information and support and camaraderie. It helps to know we are not

alone when dealing with scary diseases like CML.

A side note--I absolutely loved the article posted about vitamin D--I

would encourage all to read it if you haven't already. We should all

be taking supplemental D, I think! I have read other articles about

it being hailed as one of the more important vitamins for good

health, and for those of us who live in the rainy parts of the world

where it is dark all winter and lots of bugs floating around for us

to catch, it makes sense to take extra D to keep us healthy. I wonder

what the ideal dosage of this would be?

Best to all,

Vicki

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> > Greetings All!

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> > I continue to be profoundly affected by the postings to this

> board from group members who live aound the world (I am a U.S.

> citizen).

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> > Most notably, I regularly " save " postings from Tracey (in

> Canada), whose insights are quite valuable.

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> > Often times, such as just recently, we'll see a post from South

> Africa or other countries.

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> > Just curious - can the group leaders provide a quick, general

> summary of where members reside (e.g., 20 percent of group members

> are from Canada; 30 percent from the U.S., etc.)

> >

> > Thanks in advance.

> >

> > Wayne

> > (diagnosed with CML in November 2006; on 400 mg. of Gleevec

since

> December)

> >

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