Still undetectable

I don't often post nowadays, but check on the site often.
I had my monthly appointment at HH on 15th December and after 9 months Glivec free am still Zero. Prof Apperly has said that HH are now starting their own trial to mirror the one in France whereby people who are PCR negative for 2 years on Glivec, are coming off it to see how it goes (like me). There are now two others apart from me. She also mentioned that HH are pioneering a vaccine for the lucky ones like me and the others. This I think is for people who are PCR negative and stop the Glivec. A trial should be starting about April or so.
The general opinion for my prognosis differs. One school of thought is that eventually the CML will come back (unless the vaccine proves effective), although when is very debatable and it may not be for years, if ever. The other opinion is that after 2 years undetectable, my immune system have recovered enough to be able to counteract any bcr-abl cells on their own, meaning it may never come back.
I was told very early on in my diagnosis (7 years ago) that the Philadelphia chromosome could probably be detected in everybody, but in "normal" people their immune system can eradicate it, but something happens to us "lucky ones" and it goes a bit haywire. I myself had a severe viral infection 12 months before diagnosis, which I am convinced did something to my immune system.
Interestingly my blood counts are still very low and are still similar after 9 months to what they were on the Glivec - all at the bottom end of acceptable, but everybody is happy (I am over the moon).
It goes to show that after being given the doom and gloom prognosis that all us "old timers" were given pre-Glivec, the future can look very rosy for many of us now, just take one day at a time and make sure you all see a centre of excellence for this dreadful disease.
A happy, healthy and peaceful New Year to you all.