It's been two days on the Gleevec. I get pretty sick at night and don't sleep well. I don't vomit but I feel very nauseous, to the point where I feel like I can't move. I take the pill about 1 hour before bedtime so in the hopes that I'll sleep through the worst of it.
I'm also taking a drug called Allopurinol to prevent a buildup of excess uric acid. Apparently as all the excess white cells die off uric acid is produced.
What Is This?
I was diagnosed on June 13, 2008 with a form of cancer called Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). In short, this means I have a chromosomal abnormality that causes my bone marrow to produce too many white blood cells.
This blog chronicles my personal experience with the disease.
This blog chronicles my personal experience with the disease.
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