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Anyone else find the side effects of Hydrea 500MG frightening?

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@lambo1

I am still in watch & wait with my CLL. My blood counts are high but I don’t have much for other symptoms so I just keep my fingers crossed. I dread (like everybody) the thought of needing treatment but the advances in just the five years since my diagnosis has been amazing.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Oct 14, 2023

Hi @lambo1, Some of the newer treatments for CLL are amazing. A younger father my neighbor hood, in his late 30s has CLL. He started a targeted therapy a couple of years ago and just completed a marathon race last weekend!
So the advances in medicine certainly offer hope to so many of us with blood cancers! But you’re right, fingers crossed that you won’t ever need it at all.

It happens! You might be encouraged by this news from @gardeningjunkie with her remission from CLL with no treatment.
~CLL, Spontaneous Regression
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/cll-spontaneous-regression/
How frequently do you have followup blood work?

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