Guest guest Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 My husband Robb was diagnosed with CML on Christmas Eve last year. He started out on 400 mg of Gleevec, but after his 2nd bone marrow biopsy (in April) came back our local oncologist, here in St. sburg, suggested we go out to MD and get the ball rolling with testing, etc., for the possibility of a bone marrow transplant. So, off to Houston we went. We saw Dr. Shpall and Dr. Borthakur. I am happy to report that both his brother and sister are perfect matches, should he ever need one. Since that time, they increased his Gleevec to 800mg and now he is in complete cytogenetic remission as of 10/19/07. My question to all of you is, do you think that we should still travel to MD every 3 months (there are a lot of costs associated with that) for blood testing and the bone marrow biopsy. (That is what Dr. Borthakur in Houston has suggested) or just stick with our local oncologist? I know they say different labs have different guidelines, etc. I am glad we went to Houston, and thrilled that should Robb ever need a transplant, we have options. The insutance company has even approved the whole thing. I am just not sure we need to keep going out there with his current remission. Let me know your thoughts and thank you. Laurie wife of Robb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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