I am on a trial drug and take it once a month 9 consecutive days....18 shots...which I make myself....I should get paid LOL!!....have been doing this for 4 years now....and I am in cytogenic remission thank god....it has been back and forth and up and down....I have had chronic myeloid leukemia for 12 yrs. on May 3, 2011 and so far have been able to stay above and beyond the curve as we say here at Roswell Park Cnacer Instutite in Buffalo, New York....I suffer from bone, muscle and joint pain and yes definitely take medication to help with that otherwise I would have no quality of life and that is what I want most with being a grandmother of 4 boys....3 toddlers and one newborn and I am 65 young and that is the way I want to keep it for as long as I can.....please reply would love to hear your story Pat....you are not ALONE!!!