Re: Increased bosom/ pro what?

[Guest guest]

Tracey,

 

Is this something that we should have checked and how do we do it? Pregnant like

 and closing in on 60 are two phrases that shouldn't even be in the same

sentence.  With all the changes sometimes I don't recognize my own body.

From: Tracey <traceyincanada@...>

Subject: [ ] Increased bosom

Date: Friday, December 12, 2008, 5:35 PM

For those who are experiencing an increase in their bras, have you had

your prolactin checked? I had the same phenomena happen to me several

years ago and when I checked my prolactin, it was 3 times higher than

it should have been. Basically, it was the same level as it would be

for a pregnant woman.

I asked Dr. Druker if he thought Gleevec could have caused it as all

the other possible causes had checked out negative but he said that he

had never heard of any complaints regarding increased bust or prolactin

level.

Tracey

[Guest guest]

Hi Chi,

Prolactin is a hormone that causes the breasts to swell and if it's

high enough, you could even start to lactate (like some women do in

the later stages of pregnancy).

It's simple to check with a simple blood test. It's just another box

to check off on the form with the CBC.

Mine goes up and down (like the rest of the Gleevec side effects) and

although the doctors have no interest in investigating to see if it's

Gleevec related, I have exhausted all the other possibilities and as

a result, have concluded that it must be the Gleevec.

Tracey

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> Subject: [ ] Increased bosom

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> your prolactin checked? I had the same phenomena happen to me

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> years ago and when I checked my prolactin, it was 3 times higher

than

> it should have been. Basically, it was the same level as it would

be

> for a pregnant woman.

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> I asked Dr. Druker if he thought Gleevec could have caused it as

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> the other possible causes had checked out negative but he said that

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prolactin

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