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I've had CML for 20 years and want to encourage others

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@cortney

My Son is 19 years old and was diagnosed with CML this week. Monday the day biopsy came back and treatment plan. Right now they are lower the white blood cells, very slowly.. everything happened so fast . He was supposed to graduate today and his son due in a week ! I am thankful I found this blog, both his Hemo doctor told him this is curable. He is a fighter!!

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | May 25 10:15pm

Hi @cortney. With all the exciting changes ahead for your son with graduation and ‘infanticipating’ the arrival of his new son next week, I’m sure this unexpected diagnosis of CML has knocked everyone for a loop!

I’m so glad you found Connect because I think you’ll find encouragement and hope with our other members who have CML and are doing well with their treatments to keep the disease under control. Years ago, that wasn’t always the case. But now there are targeted therapies which may give many people a normal life span.

Knowledge is power. So to help you become more comfortable with your son’s diagnosis I’m tossing in a few creditable websites with information for you.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/chronic-myelogenous-leukemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20352417
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https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21845-chronic-myelogenous-leukemia-cml

Was your son having symptoms that led to this discovery?

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Jun 1 8:52pm

@cortney, how are you doing? Did your new grandson arrive? May I ask what the next treatment plan steps are for your son?

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