RE: for Rosemary Cohen

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I think that your response sounds very good, considering you didn't get

below 35% with Gleevec. Hooray! Also good to hear that your blood counts

have been stable.

had pcr values that were very low....he got down to a 2.9

reduction....I can't remember what the last value was. It was still to the

right of the decimal, but just barely. He has responded well to Gleevec,

certainly, but always was a little sawtoothed. Your news is encouraging!

I actually have signed up for three classes for the fall, but may only do

one. It's a printmaking class, and I think that it will take alot of time.

I also may do independent study with Vandenburgh, but I have to wait

to see what the BFA and MFA candidates want first. So, yes, I will be

around!!! But I will probably also come down in September.

How about you...what are you up to? Rosemary

>From: Cogan <ncogan@...>

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>Subject: [ ] for Rosemary Cohen

>Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 06:58:48 -0700

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>Hi ---I didn't realize that you have been on Sprycel for two years! My

>son, , just started two weeks ago due to an increasing pcr. HOw is it

>working for you? Rosemary (from Salem)

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>Hi Rosemary,

>Nice to hear from you. I think in late Sept. it will be 2 years for me...it

>does not seem possible actually. Times flies whether you have CML or not!

>When I started the Sprycel trial (coming off of 800mg Gleevec) I was 35%

>ph+...............my last bmb in April was 5% positive (so I am kind of a

>Sprycel turtle as well). My next bmb is in Sept.....if I become a zero it

>will be for the first time ever. All my blood counts are very stable.

>I think because had a good response to Gleevec, he will respond

>quicker also to Sprycel. How much did his pcr change? and is he under Dr.

>Druker or someone else?

>Will you be back at the UofO this Fall?

> C.

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