Our son just turned 29 in Sept. He underwent 14 cycles of intravenous chemo via a port. It was brutal, and there were lots of tears seeing him afterwards. Since the Gleevac is an oral medication and specifically targeted to his leukemia, hopefully side effects are minimal. From what I've read this morning, outcomes with this treatment are very favorable and your local cancer center can certainly manage his disease. I take it from your user name that you live in PA. We live near Harrisburg, so its 5 1/2 hours to where our son resides, and another 3 1/2 hours to Boston, but as you already know, you do whatever you have to for your child, no matter his age.