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[Guest guest]

Hi,

My daughter is 2 1/2 years old. She gets 2 1/2 hour sessions a week from the

intermediate school district for her apraxia (not autism). I had Maddi see an

apraxia specialist-- Kaufmann in West Bloomfield, MI to get an official

diagnosis. She said that 2 1/2 hour sessions a week is plenty if you have good

sessions. It's more about quality than quantity.

fayekayne <fayeandrob@...> wrote:

My son is three years old and was recently diagnosed with apraxia. He

is also autistic. We have since asked for another IEP so that we can

add more speech. He currently receives 2 hours one on one speech from

school, but we are hoping to get more. We recently started taking him

for private speech with an apraxia specialist.

Does anyone know of any good websites or information to help us argue

why he should get more one on one speech by a " qualified " speech

therapist (trained in apraxia)? We have been looking at the apraxia-

kids.com website, but I wasn't sure if there were only good ones to

help us come up with some good arguments/support for why he NEEDS more.

Thanks for your help.

Faye (Charlie's mom)

[Guest guest]

I am a male in my 70s and have had borderline anemia for 20 years. Recently

my crits and other readings have become worse. This week I saw my

haematologist and as he viewed my blood test results, he mentioned that my

readings could indicate CML He said he would try some shots of epoetin and

see if the readings became more normal. If after six weeks there was no

improvement from the procrit, he would take a bone marrow biopsy.

Is this the way CML begins in a 70 year old? Any comments would be welcome.

hedhunter

[Guest guest]

Hi Hedhunter,

It's true that CML is generally a disease for older people (even

though I got it when I was only 31 but having anemia or a low red

count is not the way it presents itself. You would need to have a

high white count and/or a high platelet count. Do you know what

these counts were? Most of us had a white count well into the

hundreds when diagnosed and some had platelets in the millions.

I don't see how your doctor could suspect CML solely based on a red

count. I could see however, how he may suspect MDS. You can read

about MDS (Myelodysplastic Syndrome) here:

http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_is_myelodys

plastic_syndrome_65.asp?rnav=cri

I hope you don't have either diseases but if it does turn out to be

CML, at least you know you can come here for support, information

and friendship

Take care,

Tracey

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> I am a male in my 70s and have had borderline anemia for 20

years. Recently

> my crits and other readings have become worse. This week I saw my

> haematologist and as he viewed my blood test results, he mentioned

that my

> readings could indicate CML He said he would try some shots of

epoetin and

> see if the readings became more normal. If after six weeks there

was no

> improvement from the procrit, he would take a bone marrow biopsy.

>

> Is this the way CML begins in a 70 year old? Any comments would

be welcome.

>

> hedhunter

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[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I did not have breast cancer, but within a few weeks of getting

implants I had many problems with them and after six months I had

them removed.

Sis

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> Hi I am a Breast Cancer survivor (age 35). I was diagnosed with

Stage III B Breast Cancer in Mar 06. I was recently cleared to have

reconstruction. On my mastectomy side the Surgeon used Stomach

Tissue to make the breast. (no problems) However on April 24, 2008 I

decided to make the other side match better an implant would be a

good idea. Ever since, I have had nothing but severe pain. I have

made one emergency room visit, 2 Surgeon visits, and 1 Primary Care

visit. My breast throbs all day. My back and neck have started to

ache like nothing I have felt before. I don't know what to do. At

this point its been 1 month since surgery. I don't think this is

normal. Any thoughts???

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> Thanks,

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