RES: CML & Disability

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Hi Karyn,

I’m 30 years and last 3 yeas I’v been on Gleevec. My job also requires high

pressure and stress and I need to travel every week by car and/or airplane.

Fortunately I had very few side effects and I can go on my lifestyle

unchanged.

Sometimes I feel fatigue and I always have terrible muscle cramps, but Im

trying to live with this.

Best regards,

Ciro.

De: [mailto: ] Em nome de Karyn

Enviada em: terça-feira, 14 de dezembro de 2010 16:35

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Assunto: [ ] CML & Disability

Hi Everyone-

Ive been on Gleevec for 2.5 yrs and have suffered through the ongoing side

effects of fatigue, muscle cramps, anxiety, depression. My Primary Care

Doctor has put me out on Short Term Disability from my high stress job. I am

deciding whether i apply for Long Term Disability Social Security, i am 51

yrs old and have had a 25 yr career with my employer, my job requires

exstensive critical thinking and analytical skills in a high pressure/stress

environment.I know i cannot continue the hours and the intensity of my

current position.

My question to the group is... has everyone continued to work through all of

this? What has your experience been related to disability short term and

long term?

Thanks,

Karyn