Guest guest Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Dear Beth, Good thinking on your part. Perhaps we are being protected unknowingly, against other diseases with the advent of Gleevec, which happened to come along a few years after I was diagnosed. I was on Inteferon before Gleevec, amd there is some scientific thought on the subject that perhaps INF did offer protection. It may have left just the quiescent cells left to deal with. That may be the answer to my question as to why have I, along with several of my peers, lived this long without being PCRU. It is good to have the extra protection, but does it really make you live longer to have the credentials? PCRU is the doctorate in the CML world, but can we live with a B.A.? Yes!!!!!!!!!!! We were spoon fed pap for years that in order to live longer, we had to be PCRU. There are many out there who have not met the criteria, yet are still here. Could some of all the accumulated data be flawed? What about theory? It is a pre-conceived idea to explain away a specific set of phenomena. Relativity as well as evolution are all pronounced as theories, are they not? Meanwhile we go bobbing along, depending on one another for morale and knowledge that somewhere out there, someone has an answer that we are getting closer and closer to. When has science come up with so many therapies for one small disease that affects a small percentage of people? They are definitely on to something and I feel it is a matter of time. Meanwhile, they are keeping me alive, so I feel very fortunate and comfortable in my shoes. Carpe Diem, Lottie Duthu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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