My husband was suspected CML, and he passed away 6 months ago. I am afraid my so!

My husband was suspected CML, and he passed away 6 months ago. I am afraid my son will inherited it.?

I've been checked my son's blood test, he is 6 years old now, and doctor said there was no blood cancer cell ferocity on his blood. He is just anemia. Is there any possibility that he will inherited cancer during his growth? I am so trauma with my husband's death, it was so quick within 3 months. I should looking for second opinion, I will do it for my son. Do you have a similar cases with me? please share with me.

I am so sorry that your husband passed away--I can't imagine how hard that would be with such a young child to raise without his daddy-my youngest son is 6 years old as well.

My oldest son was diagnosed with CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia) a year ago--he is 22 years old. He is a Marine and had just returned from Iraq from his 2nd deployment. We were told if CML is left untreated (sometimes you don't even know you have it) it will eventually turn into AML which is the acute version and that has far more serious implications. I wonder how long your husband had any symptoms and was aware that there was a problem too? My son had major joint pain and fatigue and eventually it got to the point where his feet and ankles swelled up so huge and they hurt so bad and he could barely walk, that he was finally admitted and diagnosed with CML. We were told that you could have CML for 3-5 yrs before it turns into Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, so we don't know what stage he was at. Do they have any idea why your husband's death was so sudden and why it was "suspected" CML? I would just hope that they had an accurate diagnosis so that you would not have to have such a heavy weight on you that this could happen to your son as well.

I always believed and have read that CML is NOT an inherited disease, so I don't believe your son will have to worry about that. It is mainly caused from the environment--toxins such as benzene and such--I believe my son's was caused from the undepleted uranium sources that he was exposed to in his combat situation over in Iraq. So please don't stress for your son--I believe he will be fine. All my other children were tested and they are all fine (I have 6 children) and we have no leukemia that runs in our family either, so I have no reason to believe that they will get it in their lifetime.

Again I am so sorry that you are going through this. Thankfully my son was put on a chemo drug that is designed specifically for CML, and has showed dramatic results with his white blood cell count going down to a normal level. They said that most patients will go into remission on this newer drug without a bone marrow transplant. I am so sorry if your husband did not have that option. He sounds like he may have had the acute version of the same thing--my heart goes out to you. Since you are so aware of what happened to your husband and all his symptoms, you'll be able to notice any changes in your son health wise, but please do not worry and put any more stress on yourself thinking the same thing may happen to your son. He tested fine and I believe you need to move on and believe the best for your son as far as his health goes--think positive thoughts since there is no evidence to suggest that he may get CML as well. Keep the faith :)