Hi Alison.
Sorry to hear you have joined our club.
the good news is the future for us CML'S is looking better each day.
I was diagnosed last March at Wigan hospital as a result of a routine blood test.
And began treatment with Hydroxyurea to fetch my wbc down then i went on to Glivec therapy.
15 months down the line things are looking good i have responded well to treatment and things are as good as they get.
Initially things were a little scary the worst thing was not knowing whats going on and then all the erratic fears that manifested once you heard the word Leukemia.
in some ways i feel very lucky to have been diagnosed.
It made me appreciate things all that much more the most insignificant things in life have now become really important.
The best way of describing it, is that it was like i have been walking around with blinkers on all my life. Then for the first time i have taken them of can see clearly now.
The things that i was going to do tomorrow that never got done were finally finished,the things i wanted to do are now on the agenda.
i had been putting of getting married for years, now i am due to be wed in october this year.
if you ever need to speak to someone you can email me at stu.j@tiscali.co.uk
or if you want to speak then i will give you my number.
till then.
good luck with the treament and keep your chin up.
Stuart.