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Best wishes to all

Season's Greetings and Best Wishes for 2009 to all those of you who post or are regular readers of this forum.

Your questions and answers are of help to many CML patients and their families and friends. Without this forum and others like it there would be many people who would feel isolated and alone with the knowledge that they have a life threatening disease. The online forums are invaluable to many people around the world and provide a high level of information on current and new therapy.

Have a happy and peaceful holiday,

Sandy

I agree Sandy. Wishing you and everyone here a very Merry Christmas and happy new year.

Lots of love

Jayne xx

Dear Sandy,
I have been a keen reader on this forum for the past 4-5 months and
must say that I have benefited tremendously on knowledge shared on this site.
I am a caregiver. My wife Agnes was diagnosed with CML in May this year and have since been responding on Glivec extremely well.
Thanks to Sandy's and other CMLers openess and ever willing to share
their knowledge, we, all over the world have benefited without a doubt.

Greetings from Malaysia - A very Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.

daniel

Dear Daniel,

Thanks for you encouraging words. I am so glad you have found this forum/site beneficial and of comfort. The global community of cml patients and advocates continues to grow and is a great example of the empowerment of cancer patients throught the internet, no matter where they live. I am so glad that Agnes has responded well to imatinib.
Sending you both my very best wishes for 2009 and onward.

Sandy

Hi
I was a regular poster on this forum for many months as I care for a 15 year old who was diagnosed with CML in 2006. The contributors here helped me to realise that we weren't on our own with this illness - and whatever question I asked there was someone with an answer or some words of comfort. This site saw me throgh some very bleak times and I will always be grateful for that. Rio had his BMT in June 2008 and will be starting back to school part time on Monday. What a journey this has been - and although it is not over yet, we know that things are going very well so far.
My very best wishes for 2009 to all CMLers - on meds, due a transplant or like Rio, post-transplant. May your journeys be smooth ones!
Thinking of you all, Kestrel

Let me add my thanks to all those above. Since being diagnosed in Feb '07 this forum has been so valuable as a source of information and support. There seems to be no area of treatment/issue that others have not experienced, and its so good to have this first hand knowledge available. My PCR is now down to .059 after 19/20 months of Glivec ( initially 400 mgs then 600 mgs from this June). Slower progress than some but in the right direction! Happy New Year to all posters. Andy

Hi Andy
I just want to say congratulations on your lower pcr value and happy new year;o)
Sandy

Dear Kestral,
Good to hear that Rio is back at school and is doing well. Having had a transplant myself I can assure you that things do get better over time and the 'bleak times' you experienced will fade into the past and you will be able to view them as an essential (if challenging) part of the process.
My very best to you, your family and of course Rio.
Sandy

Thanks Sandy. His BCR-ABL is still coming up positive (0.063% at last test), but now he's off ciclosporin, we are hoping the new marrow will knock it on the head. They've got frozen donor lymphocytes just in case, so we could be looking at DLI later on. But for now, it's a joy to see him with so much energy and to hear everyone saying how well he looks!
ATB,
kestrel