…so not quite the 1.00 (2 log reduction) that I was looking for, still good news, still going down, still the other blood counts all within normal range. This BTW was based on the last test from my recent bone marrow sample.
This time things went quite smoothly at the Hammersmith, in and out with 1:15 mins, unlike last time where I was sat around for a couple of hours.
Talking with Dr M 3 main things came up, besides the PCR number…
1. Looks like they want to do some research about how people react to Imatinib, so I have some stuff to read up on. Pretty sure I will volunteer as it won’t put me out too much and if it leads to a better understandings then fine. Biggest issue is that on my next visit I have to bring 3 months supply of Imatinib and the Royal Berks only give me 1 month at a time.
2. Although it now looks unlikely i will need a stem cell transplant, I met up with a nice lady who I gave my sisters details to , again. So hopefully that will now happen
3. We also discussed fathering a child whilst on Imatinib. It seems the advice has changed to that of, there is no evidence of any problems and the limited research points to no problems. However that doesn’t give any guarantees. So that is wonderful news andone that Sarah and I will have to talk about in more detail.
Rob
