Guest guest Posted June 2, 2008 Report Share Posted June 2, 2008 Lottie- I am waiting to hear the results of the mutation study and what new meds you are on...did I miss that email? Chi --- Barb Stanley <barbarastanley@...> wrote: > > Lottie > > I agree with Tracey. I think mutations study is > warrented. See which > ones you need to fight and which drug does the job. > Good luck my good > New Orleans friend!! > > Love > > Brb > > > > > groups.com, " Tracey " <traceyincanada@...> wrote: > > > > Hi Lottie, > > > > I guess this isn't very surprising as your > cytogenetics already > > indicated that you were 100% Ph+. > > > > I would suggest though that you get in touch with > your doctor and > > insist on a new drug now as SKI obviously isn't > working for you. > > There are still several other drugs out there that > you haven't tried > > yet and I see no reason to wait until July to do > so. > > > > I would also ask for a mutations test if it's been > a while since you > > had one. Different mutations are known to work > better with different > > drugs so this would be good information to have. > > > > I know it's disappointing to be back to 100% but > remember that you > > still have options to try. > > > > Take care, > > Tracey > > > > > > > > > > > > This is the result of the complete assay from > BMA on April 5, > > 2008. The date 8/2/07 is the date I began the SKI > trial. They have > > not decided what the next drug will be, I will > have to wait until my > > next appointment in July. > > > REAL TIME BCR INTERP PB > > > BCR-ABL qRT-PCR: > > > > > > A b2a2 BCR-ABL fusion transcript coding for the > 210kDa BCR-ABL > > protein is > > > detected by real-time PCR. > > > > > > The percentage of BCR-ABL to ABL transcripts is > greater than 100. > > > > > > COMMENT: Quantitative real-time PCR analysis > performed on RNA from > > this > > > sample for the BCR-ABL fusion transcript > resulting from the t(9;22) > > in > > > leukemia. BCR-ABL and ABL transcript levels are > detected > > simultaneously > > > and quantitative results expressed as the ratio > of BCR-ABL to ABL > > levels. > > > This ratio may vary up to one-log because of > methodological > > reasons. As > > > of 8/2/07, the assay has shifted to a new > platform. > > > > > > Blessings and peace, > > > Lottie > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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