Living With Cml Blog

It is the result of a genetic mutation that causes white blood cell production to increase out of control.
Living with cml blog. A fifteen year cancer survivor of a brain tumor and am now currently four years into. I am going to be tracking my progress throughout my treatment. London england united kingdom about blog i was diagnosed with old man s cancer chronic myeloid leukaemia cml on the 19th january 2007 when i was 22. Chronic myelogenous leukemia affects 20 000 people in the united states but about 4 500 are newly diagnosed each year.
This anniversary had nearly passed me by until a little bell went off in the back of my head. Mmr is achieved when pcr reaches 0 1 1 1000 of 100 also called a 3 log reduction. Pcr measures how many of the tested white blood cells are leukemic. Well i guess the title should read 5 years living with leukaemia and knowing it.
Life with cml is a blog providing support to others in knowing they are not alone in their fight against chronic myeloid leukemia. Wow that was 5 years ago so much has happened since then mainly good that it is. But there are things you can do to deal with the challenges head on. I started this blog to keep my friends and family informed about my progress with chronic myelogenous leukemia cml.
Chronic myeloid leukemia or cml is a type of cancer that begins in the bone marrow. I invite you to comment. The life of a flower. This is an open honest blog about what it s like living with a user friendly cancer taking pill chemotherapy daily possibly for life and everything that goes along side it.
They ve been around since 1949 so they have a wealth of experience. It develops slowly in the blood forming cells inside the marrow and eventually spreads through the blood. The current treatment goal for cml is to reach a major molecular response mmr within 18 months. I was diagnosed with cml on march 3 2006 after having some blood work ordered by my ophthalmologist.
Living with cml if we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change.