tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23780159.post114230786354483191..comments2022-11-10T08:20:53.893-05:00Comments on Living With CML: March 13th '06Annie - Steven's momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09686206651106377099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23780159.post-75913640911163551792009-11-12T07:01:51.635-05:002009-11-12T07:01:51.635-05:00I just discovered your blog and am enjoying readin...I just discovered your blog and am enjoying reading though it. This is the day I was diagnosed with CML at Memorial Sloane Kettering in NYC, March 13, 2006. At this time my mother (my best friend) was battling Ovarian Cancer, but doing well, My husband and I were looking for our first home together, work was going well and then I found I had Leukemia. My first thought was that it was all over. It was such a blow. I dreaded having my mother find out. Thanks to Gleevec I never had to tell her. I was able to get through the initial side effects quietly, but it was the first time in my life that I had to keep such a terrible secret, but it was necessary as she had already battled enough. She would have felt as if she had to take on my battle as well. There were times that her mother's instinct kicked in and she asked me if everything was ok, but I think eventually she believed it was. I quietly went into remission where I have stayed for 3 years and 3 months. I was with my mother when she passed away and I believe she died thinking I was ok. And I am. I am grateful that we have Gleevec and other drugs and I am positive that its only going to get better. All the bestto you, Steven and you whole family. You are obviously a very loving and caring Mom.<br /><br />Toni Hollandtoni hollandnoreply@blogger.com