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Devastated

I went to my first three month blood test today. I am at Rai 0. I feel great. My WBC and Lymphocytes doubled in 3 months. I am starting V and O on Monday. I am...

I went to my first three month blood test today. I am at Rai 0. I feel great. My...

EastBayDad

•11 hours ago

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Can eye of newt and toe of frog help cure my cll?

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the caldron boil and bake; Eye of...

Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. Fillet of a fen...

cajunjeff

•3 days ago

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CLL questions

Are you living a normal life? Are you happy? Do you live in fear of what will be the next deadly disease?

Are you living a normal life? Are you happy? Do you live in fear of what will be...

Crablegs

•9 days ago

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A mother

Can anyone suggest a top hematologist in or near Pittsburgh? My daughter is moving from Florida where she has been seen at Moffit for CLL/SLL to Pittsburgh....

Can anyone suggest a top hematologist in or near Pittsburgh? My daughter is mo...

conjoy

•2 days ago

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Great News on MSNBC

https://www.msn.com/en-my/health/other/joe-was-at-death-s-door-until-pill-beat-his-cancer-in-six-months/ar-AA1nn0Mz

https://www.msn.com/en-my/health/other/joe-was-at-death-s-door-until-pill-beat-h...

EastBayDad

•5 days ago

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Joy in response to frustrating news

I had a bone marrow biopsy to see if I was at uMRD and could come off my second CLL treatment in 5 years. The tests were sent to the wrong location and after...

I had a bone marrow biopsy to see if I was at uMRD and could come off my second ...

skipro

•11 days ago

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Almost to the point of despair. Sorry for this.

Hello, everyone. Today's post is more in the form of despair because, frankly, that's how I feel. I'm only a few days away from starting the Obinutuzumab...

Hello, everyone. Today's post is more in the form of despair because, frankly, t...

BMFCDRW

•22 days ago

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Enlarged spleen CLL stage 0

My CLL was diagnosed 2020 at stage 0 and my bloods are all within normal ranges now. My spleen has become very enlarged over the last 6 months so my...

My CLL was diagnosed 2020 at stage 0 and my bloods are all within normal ranges ...

Redkatt

•14 days ago

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Haemophilus influenzae

Has anyone been able to get immunised against haemophilus influenzae? I've just had a bad infection which has been hard to shake off and I don't want it again....

Has anyone been able to get immunised against haemophilus influenzae? I've just ...

1234emc

•2 days ago

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bone joint and muscle pain

I’ve been reading the posts in another series and wanted to break this out. I’ve had a lot of muscle joint and bone pain including my back pelvis and legs as...

I’ve been reading the posts in another series and wanted to break this out. I’...

skipro

•1 month ago

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Maybe we should start writing letters to politicians or otherwise putting pressure on the goons who are "scrutinizing the Chinese"

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/health/wuxi-us-drugs-congress.html this company apparently makes Imbruvica and is now being looked at ????

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/health/wuxi-us-drugs-congress.html this co...

GettinThruIt

•4 days ago

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CLL treatment

Hi, CLL watch and wait since 2020. My doctor(s) have recommended I start treatment. I’ve been given 2 options. First, Ventaclax and Gazyva. Treatment lasts...

Hi, CLL watch and wait since 2020. My doctor(s) have recommended I start trea...

Nana1961

•8 days ago

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severe covid vaccine reaction, & ibuprofen

After 4 or 5 covid vaccines with very minimal side effects , the most recent vaccine left me sick with fever and several lymph nodes swelling up within a few...

After 4 or 5 covid vaccines with very minimal side effects , the most recent vac...

humaniquarian

•2 days ago

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Cll to Hodgkins lymphoma

My husband had Cll 11 years and started treatment in Oct, 2023 with Calquence. It was working, but not as effectively as desired. They then added Venclexta in...

My husband had Cll 11 years and started treatment in Oct, 2023 with Calquence. ...

Junebug20

•5 days ago

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Low vitamin d high serum ferritin

Hello My husband has been on watch and wait for 12 years. Due to a constant chronic cough he recently had a blood test which showed low vitamin D levels of 45...

Hello My husband has been on watch and wait for 12 years. Due to a constant chro...

Debs4

•3 days ago

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shingles

I havnt posted for ages mainly because I’m generally very fit and well and do vast amounts of excercise but hoping for some possible explanations. Diagnosed...

I havnt posted for ages mainly because I’m generally very fit and well and do va...

Coffeejenny

•11 days ago

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Too Much Testing??

There has been numerous posts on Health Unlocked this week from younger, newly diagnosed CLL patients. There seems to be two type of people asking questions....

There has been numerous posts on Health Unlocked this week from younger, newly d...

EastBayDad

•24 days ago

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Richter’s Anxiety

Good morning. I have a friend in his 50s with aggressive unmutated IGHV. I am in my early 50s and am Trisomy 12 unmutated and recently diagnosed. Both of us...

Good morning. I have a friend in his 50s with aggressive unmutated IGHV. I am i...

EastBayDad

•1 month ago

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Starting to take acalabrutinib

My husband has relapsed after 9 years in remission ,his doctor is talking about starting him on acalabrutinib ,but he is worried about the side effects he...

My husband has relapsed after 9 years in remission ,his doctor is talking abo...

Takingchances

•17 days ago

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My constant source of strength, peace and everything good

This was last Fall, but I ran across it the other day and wanted to share. I stand truly amazed at God and His beautiful creations. Today, I am most...

This was last Fall, but I ran across it the other day and wanted to share. I ...

skipro

•26 days ago

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retinal bleed and Covid vaccination

good morning to all of you amazing members. I’m debating on getting my ninth Covid booster. Last fall I had a retinal bleed that occurred during a three...

good morning to all of you amazing members. I’m debating on getting my ninth C...

skipro

•7 days ago

16 Replies

Hello

Hi All, Just a brief intro, my husband was diagnosed with CLL/SLL June 2023, age 66, huge shock to say the least. His lymphocyte count doubled very...

Hi All, Just a brief intro, my husband was diagnosed with CLL/SLL June 20...

Spinlover

•14 days ago

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Increased side effects after 6-9 months on Venetoclax

Hi all. I'm happy with the positive results of the Gazyva/Venetoclax treatment I started last spring. I am less happy with the increase in the severity of...

Hi all. I'm happy with the positive results of the Gazyva/Venetoclax treatment ...

DMary

•1 month ago

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Does reducing blood sugar help?

I am wondering what happens if cll patients just eat foods that cut out sugar spikes? Does that help? I see lots of studies showing that fasting is generally...

I am wondering what happens if cll patients just eat foods that cut out sugar sp...

Research123

•28 days ago

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21Bedlam21

Just had a text message from my Dr not my haematologist. Just had a chest x ray done. You have blunting round the edges of your lung fields. Is this anything...

Just had a text message from my Dr not my haematologist. Just had a chest x ray ...

21Bedlam21

•9 days ago

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More Promising BCL-2's and a Trial opportunity

Fresh off the press from cllsociety.org, an insight about a new study with a BCL-2 drug called sonrotoclax in combination with zanubrutinib....

Fresh off the press from cllsociety.org, an insight about a new study with a BCL...

Smakwater

•17 days ago

22 Replies

It wont be long

Hi All I have seen my Consultant today and she said it is time to start thinking about treatment. Not what I wanted to hear but after 14 years W&W I guessed...

Hi All I have seen my Consultant today and she said it is time to start thinkin...

TheFlyer

•11 days ago

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Another update

My husband is finally having treatment for his cll they are putting him on acalabrutinib his spleen is six times the size it should be his red cells are slowly...

My husband is finally having treatment for his cll they are putting him on acala...

Nikkij81

•2 days ago

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Background

I appreciate the interest in knowing more of my "back story" and my CLL "markers" history. What bothers me is a bias toward the pharmaceutical approach to...

I appreciate the interest in knowing more of my "back story" and my CLL "markers...

leftysfsl1945

•1 month ago

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Kidney issues because of CLL

Hello all! Anyone had kidney issues related to CLL? I will do the treatment not because of my lab results but because CLL filled my kidneys with white cells...

Hello all! Anyone had kidney issues related to CLL? I will do the treatment not ...

BMFCDRW

•27 days ago

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