Updates

Well - the gentleman from the listserv who upset me apologized. At least he isn't the unfeeling cad I thought him to be. I had my ammunition all lined up in case he didn't apologize and thank you letting me get it out of my system.

I have connected up with others on the list as well. I spoke with the women in Rockland Co. NY. Her, along with others on the list keep advocating taking Gleevec as a preventative to recurrance and having scan more frequently. This has upset me. I will talk to the surgeon and even go back to my oncologist to talk to him if I must. I am just not sure. My tumor was small and has a very low mitotic rate. I worry about fighting my doctors if taking Gleevec will help reduce the recurrance of the cancer in the future. But I don't know - because I am on the lucky side of this cancer right now - but what if....