Guidance for further study

[Guest guest]

My son Mater tanmay T. sapkal is diagnosed with CML on 26/07/05. Now

he is on gleevec 400 mg/day.He had given CBSE board exam in March 07.

He passed the exam with 91 % Marks in aggregate and 95% marks in

Science and Maths. Now he is preparing for IIT. But I want advice for

his further career from the point that he has got CML.So please advice.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations to your son on his results! And I am so sorry that he

has become a part of our little group.

As to his future, you should get advice from those who have had CML

longer than I, but that won't stop me from saying--given where the

drugs are today and what's in the future, I would strongly advise that

he pursues what he wants to do with the expectation that he'll be doing

it for a long time. It seems to me there are two ways to take this (or

another diagnosis): 1> OK, so I'll have to deal with this, but I'm

still going to live as full a life as I can OR 2> Curl up and hide. I

know that I go back and forth between these two, but certainly stay

with the first a lot more than the second--and recommend that position

for all of us (whether with CML or not!).