Re: Another Newbie Here - Martha

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Hi Martha,

Welcome to the group!

Congratulations on nearing the completion of your doctoral program.

What a terrific accomplishment!

I am 58 and was diagnosed in 2006 two weeks before starting the last

semester of my master's program (M.A. in Education). Friends were

surprised that I forged ahead with my program (with, admittedly less

than perfect focus and a lot of exhaustion), but I feel it helped me

to get through those tough first months after diagnosis.

Hope to hear more from you.

Take care!

JoAnn

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> Hello group,

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> I am recently diagnosed (April 2008) and have just completed my

first month on Gleevec 400, without any problematic side effects

(other than the puffy eyes)...so far. Maybe taking it with my morning

oatmeal does the trick!

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> Diagnosis was seemingly by chance (as I am sure is true for many)

and a real surprise. But I believe it was discovered early enough to

give me reason to have a very positive outlook for the future.

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> I do want to thank all of you who have traveled this path before me.

If it were not for all your clinical trials and experience....well,

thank you very much. Lucky to be diagnosed now and not 10 years ago!

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> And thank you for the discussion here about dealing with it all.

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> By the way, I am 59 and a change-of-career graduate student, hoping

to finish a PhD within the next year (docs say that the CML shouldn't

hold me up very much).

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> Thank you all,

> Martha B

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