Dasatinib user for 2 years and feeling fine!

[Guest guest]

Happy New Year, Everyone:

I just rejoined this site after 3 years off, due to the birth of our

2nd daughter, Sage.

My husband, , was diagnosed with CML in 1998 at the age of

38. While at MD , he tried both Interferon [horrible side

effects, no remission], and Gleevec - 800 mg daily [4 years,

fluctuating remission, virtually no side effects and finally

relapsed completely] both to no avail.

In the summer of 2005, he joined the BMS trial at MD and

this finally did the trick. He's been in full cytogenetic remission

for the last 1 and 1/2 year and he has no little to no side effects

at all.

He works full time, goes to the gym and is a busy father to our 2

small daughters. He takes 150 mg daily of the dasatinib.

I'm curious to know if there's anyone out there who also takes such

a high dose of the dasatinib and if so, how you're doing.

Best wishes to everyone and God bless,

Pendergrast

Silver Spring, land