Guest guest Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 Hello, I recieved some good news at my appointment last night. When I was Dx May 29,08 my FISH was 66/200.I started Gleevec at 400mg daily. 8-01- 08 my FISH was 48/200.I increased Gleevec to 600mg daily.11-6-08 my FISH was 3/200.I will continue at 600 mg Gleevec and blood test every 3 weeks with a return DR. apt.in 3 months..Dr. hopes to see 0/200 at my next apt.with any luck.. Things seem to be moving in the right direction. Thanks for letting me share. SharonS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 That is certaintly something to shout about. Congratulations what a way to start the weekend. So happy you share the good news Anita ________________________________ From: serenitywon <serenitywon@...> Sent: Friday, November 7, 2008 12:25:33 PM Subject: [ ] Good News Hello, I recieved some good news at my appointment last night. When I was Dx May 29,08 my FISH was 66/200.I started Gleevec at 400mg daily. 8-01- 08 my FISH was 48/200.I increased Gleevec to 600mg daily.11-6-08 my FISH was 3/200.I will continue at 600 mg Gleevec and blood test every 3 weeks with a return DR. apt.in 3 months..Dr. hopes to see 0/200 at my next apt.with any luck.. Things seem to be moving in the right direction. Thanks for letting me share. SharonS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 O!!! YIPPEEE!!! Number 1226 in the Zero Club Zavie 3/200 gets you into the Zero Club. The FISH test always overestimates the CML in your system by as much as 6%. You might want to ask the lab that did the FISH test to give you that number. I always assign a Zero number if the FISH test result is less than 5%. At this point in time you should be getting PCR tests done on a regular basis. Your FISH test result has now exceeded the sensitivity of the test itself. 3/200 is the same as 0/200. I noticed that your last PCR test was 0.0174. I should have assigned you a number at that time. It is very close to a 3 log reduction. A 2 log reduction means that you are in CCR. Zavie Zavie (age 70) 67 Shoreham Avenue Ottawa, Canada, K2G 3X3 dxd AUG/99 INF OCT/99 to FEB/00, CHF No meds FEB/00 to JAN/01 Gleevec since MAR/27/01 (400 mg) CCR SEP/01. #102 in Zero Club 2.8 log reduction Sep/05 3.0 log reduction Jan/06 2.9 log reduction Feb/07 3.6 log reduction Apr/08 3.6 log reduction Sep/08 e-mail: zmiller@... Tel: 613-726-1117 Fax: 309-296-0807 Cell: 613-282-0204 ID: zaviem YM: zaviemiller Skype: Zavie _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of serenitywon Sent: November 7, 2008 1:26 PM Subject: [ ] Good News Hello, I recieved some good news at my appointment last night. When I was Dx May 29,08 my FISH was 66/200.I started Gleevec at 400mg daily. 8-01- 08 my FISH was 48/200.I increased Gleevec to 600mg daily.11-6-08 my FISH was 3/200.I will continue at 600 mg Gleevec and blood test every 3 weeks with a return DR. apt.in 3 months..Dr. hopes to see 0/200 at my next apt.with any luck.. Things seem to be moving in the right direction. Thanks for letting me share. SharonS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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