Resources – Patient Educational and Navigational Aids

Patient Navigational tools:

Patient information brochures.  Each brochure offers guidance on coping and management skills to help you on your journey with CML

For the newly diagnosed: What Now?

Getting ready for the journey: Fighting Back

Staying Healthy on the path to recovery: Feeling Well

Living and staying healthy on the path to the cure: Long Term Living

Understanding Polymerase Chain Reaction – PCR

PCR Animation Video

E-Diary

Self Assessment Form

Drug interaction Chart

Carolyn Blasdel video of her excellent talk in Montreal – A must view for all CML patients

Advocating and raising awareness – CML Awareness Day (c)

Since CML is rare in children, there isn’t much direct information specifically about CML.  However, below is the link to the three part series from the Charlie Brown gang titled “Why Charlie Brown Why” it helps young children to understand a bit about Leukemia, and it also offers much hope and encouragement.

Part I – Linus falls for a new girl at school who finds out that she must go to the hospital for cancer treatment – Leukemia

Part II – Charlie Brown and Linus visit Janice in the hospital and she tells them she has Leukemia

Part III – Janice undergoes more treatment, and finally returns back to school with her friends.

 

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