CancerCompass message board discussion started by notgivingup on 9/27/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,16575,0.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi there,  my mother was diagnosed about two years ago with myelofibrosis.  Since then it seems that is has been one thing after another.  My mom has diarea all the time and now has diabetes can anyone tell me if this is related and if you know of anyone with these symtoms.  Also I have read that this disease is caused by benzene I know that this is in bleach therefore I was wondering if anyone that has this used alot of bleach to clean with.  I can't think of anything else that could have caused this as my mom was a bleach user for many years.  I hope this reaches the right message board. notgivingup Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 9/27/2007 notgivingup wrote:Hi there,  my mother was diagnosed about two years ago with myelofibrosis.  Since then it seems that is has been one thing after another.  My mom has diarea all the time and now has diabetes can anyone tell me if this is related and if you know of anyone with these symtoms.  Also I have read that this disease is caused by benzene I know that this is in bleach therefore I was wondering if anyone that has this used alot of bleach to clean with.  I can't think of anything else that could have caused this as my mom was a bleach user for many years.  I hope this reaches the right message board.Benzene is one cause but the truth is that no one really knows for sure what causes it and it can be very hard to pinpoint.  It is very possible that benzene didn't play any role in the development.  As for the symptoms, I do recall my mother saying she developed chronic diarrhea after she was diagnosed.  I'm unaware of any correlation to diabetes though.  Nocera Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT Hi, sorry to hear about your mother my friend.  My father had myelofibrosis for about 6 years.  he just passed away on 9/16/2007 and I miss him very much.  About your question about bleach.  I know my father was around gasaoline because he was  always in the garage  and he  also used  cleaning chemicals like bleach and others to clean on his job.  I do think there is a connection  with these chemicals  .  my father never smoked, did not drink he was healthy he loved to work, but when he got this disease he could  not   do anything  from this monster disease. Its  probally from  the chemical exposure he was around. I wish you and your mom luck and please take care of your mom because its a bad disease and they need all the support they can get. Ttmett2001 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT