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After much soul searching and research I decided to try and go treatment free, almost 7yrs since diagnosis it had to be worth it.

However after 4 moths I'm no longer in MMR, I have an appointment with professor Copeland tomorrow to discuss the way forward.
I'm surprised how much this "failure" has affected me but confident will be in MMR again soon.
Does anyone have experience of a similar situation?
I was on Dasatinib 50mg before hand with minimal side effects and hope this is an option as 100mg gave me rotten side effects.

I'm aware there may be some ups and downs along the way, I'm grateful to have had the opportunity but wonder if it was worth it.

I'm also aware of the financial implications of continuing treatment and the pressure on the NHS, but accept that I may need it life long.

Thanks for support.

I failed TFR 2 years ago. I had reduced my imatinib from 400mg to 200 mg for a year, and then stopped. I stayed in TFR for 17 months and them went over 0.1% BCR-ABL. I wanted to restart on 200mg but my consultant insisted on 400mg. Got MMR back and MMR4 in 4 months. Stayed on 400 mg for a year, and have reduced to 200mg again 5 months ago and undetectable. Talk to Prof Copeland about starting on 50 mg Dasatinb and see what she says. Side effects on 400mg were not as bad second time round.

Much appreciated, thanks for this, my preference would certainly 50mg, but will see what she says.

ckquinn, be your own best advocate; since your CML is at a very low level and you had successfully maintained undetected over a long period of time on 50mg, there is no logical reason why you shouldn't restart on 50mg.