I am a 73 year old newbie ti CML myself, having just completed my first 13 days of Sprycel 100 mg. For the first seven or eight days I got some fairly severe headaches that pretty much put me down for the count, but after that and some good advice from the other folks on this site to stay hydrated and stick it out The headaches diminished to just being faintly in the background. Another side effect is being tired, lacking energy and feeling a little sad.
So hang in there, you can get through this but the first let’s say eight or nine days might be a Rough go for you.
what I am experiencing now is 10 lbs of weight gain even though I don’t have much of an appetite, and I think it’s water retention. My blood pressure is going up along with that and I’m starting to cough a little bit. So I wonder if any of you other ladies and gentlemen have experienced that and if your physicians have prescribed a diuretic and some potassium to help offset the fluid retention, And if so, did dumping the fluid with the diuretic cause an increase in the intensity of the headaches?
I hope this helps to encourage you as the others have encouraged me, and I hope all of you other group members can you advise me about the water weight gain.