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i have copied brian's post -see below- from the 'what may have caused me to develop CML' page and would like to welcome Brian to our website.

sandy

Submitted by BRIAN GOODIER on Sat, 2007-03-24 19:16.

Hello all!
I have just found this forum and my name is Brian Goodier and I am 49 years of age. I live in North Wales and was diagnosed with CML in June 2006. I am currently on GLIVEC and am also on the `SPIRIT` trial (INTERFERON INJECTIONS once a week). I have recently returned to work after 5 months,and most of the time I feel ok but have a lot of side effects mainly tierdness and `toilet`problems caused by the Glivec. I also have some dry skin and sometimes blurred vision ,and aching bones!
I am very interested in the possible causes of CML and also any prognosis issues.
I feel frustrated as I have never smoked in my life , never been a big drinker and have never been close to radiation!
The only thing I will say is that I have had a lot of stress in my life.
Best regards,,
Brian Goodier

Hi brian
Nice to hear somebody else from north wales im from there myself where do you go to be treated?I go to the shooting star in wrexham maelor and see dr watson.
I havent got a clue to where this disease comes from !! im a manager and do have a lot of stress but i think half the world is like that i suspose there isnt no answer you can speculate allday and probably wont come up with the answer !!
Ive been on Glivec now for 3 years i suffer cramps dry skin and im always tired its a nitemare sometimes.

love clare

I'm also from n.wales I was diagnosed with CML in dec 2001, I attend WXM maelor hospital, and I am a patient of Dr. WaTSON/Dr lalli Desoysa. When I was first diagnosed I was prescribed "hydroxieau" -Oops I think I've spelt it wrong then I had a couple of years on interferon and I'm now on glivec which I've been taken for quite a while. I could be wrong but I some times wonder if my Cml has something to do with the week's radiotherapy treatment that I received in 1977. But then that treatment could extended my life ?? who knows.
I would like to get in touch so please try and contact me, that would be nice to have a CML mate/partner, or alternatively if you are in wrexham and you see this overweight lady with puffy watery eyes who lookss as if she is trying to get rid of cramp, and I usually have a smile, that's me
take care and look forward to hearing from you

Hi

I live in wrexham also in pentre broughton how mad is that!!
if you ever want a chat email me on my husband email address
alistair@jones1109.freeserve.co.uk

clare x