Hi @learnknowgrow. I love your @name…I agree, knowledge is power. There is comfort in being prepared by having a better comprehension of what a diagnosis can mean. But I will caution you about trying to interpret medical results for your husband without having that medical background you avoided. Don’t you wish you had that now?😅

Joking aside, sometimes researching on our own can lead us into grey areas where the information isn’t relevant to the diagnosis or a single result can be misinterpreted without factoring in all the related peripheral information, causing more stress than answers.
Without getting into medical sites where there’s a subscription fee a good source of articles & research papers can be found on Google Scholar. Could you also tap into your family’s medical backgrounds?

I’m glad to see your husband is having a second opinion. His current doctor sounds less than inspiring. It’s important to find a specialist with whom you have a level of trust and confidence.
Cll is typically slow to develop and according to several sources, remains one of the more treatable forms of leukemia. You might be interested in one of the many current discussions in the group on CLL. This is a reply to another member, @joeeduffy whose husband was diagnosed with CLL earlier this year. I put quite a few links in this reply that might be helpful. For context, you can read Joee’s comment right above mine… https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1007740/

Has your husband’s current doctor discussed potential treatment options or is he in an active surveillance period?