Re: Re: How quick do Gleevec side effects show up?

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Hudson <merlinh@...> wrote: Hi

I know how you feel. I asked exactly the same question when I first started

and people gave me the same answers…along with another piece of advice…don’t

knock it cos it’s a good thing :-) I was worried that because I wasn’t

having major side effects it meant that the medication wasn’t working but it

did. I have now been on Gleevec for 7 months and some “side-effects” have

crept in i.e. the occasional cramps in the long muscles of my back and in my

toes but nothing too hectic. I also have raccoon eyes that took about 4

months to appear. The one I battle with most is the exceptional fatigue

that can sometimes floor me BUT they are all manageable and possible to live

with. I know there are opther people on this site who have had much worse

and they all say the same thing – the alternative is worse.

I truly hope you have the experience with Gleevec that I have had….or even

better.

Regards

Jane