Hi all I’m new to this my darling 75 year old mother has been recently diagnosed with cml and has been taking imatinib for about a month now she didn’t feel well before hand but I’ve seen her change for the worse this last week I understand about the side affects and has been having stiffness and aching, headaches, bleeding from her gums whilst sleeping, shortness of breath worse then ever, and extreme bloating and feels really unwell. She also has diabetes has had for a long time but since the medication she has had two hypos within three days her sugar levels are all over the place. So is waking her self up every two hours checking. She cry’s as she feels like a burden. I’ve tried getting in touch with the hospital but out of hours so no luck and her next appointment isn’t till 27th of this month. What should I do and can anyone offer her any words of wisdom to help her and me though this together.
Thanks Mel