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Hi @aleeab! Welcome back! ☺️ Ooo I hope you learn to listen to your body! Being...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/897602/

Discussion: Iron Tablets! And learning about fatigue and to pace myself

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Posted: Jul 17, 2023

My Mayo hematologist has told me numerous times that specific foods do not help my platelets...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1277764/

Discussion: How can I raise my platelet count? (With food)

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Posted: Apr 9, 2025

Hello 69, If you do get to the point of treatment .. ask your Oncologist about...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/101830/

Discussion: CLL treatment that concentrates in shrinking the spleen without undergoing chemo

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Posted: May 19, 2016

Thank you! I've been reading research papers, articles, etc. for about a week straight now, and...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1396313/

Discussion: Anyone have chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)?

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Posted: Sep 18, 2025

So very sorry to hear what you are going through. I went through something similar. Suffered...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1222351/

Discussion: I am a medical mystery

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Posted: Jan 26, 2025

Hi Justine, Just checking in to see how the extraction site is healing now. I’m not...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1121306/

Discussion: CLL and slow healing following dental work

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Posted: Aug 10, 2024

Hi, I was diagnosed with PMF CALR + Int. 2 back in March 2021. It took...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1045170/

Discussion: Anyone with primary myelofibrosis, low risk, asymptomatic?

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Posted: Apr 4, 2024

Barbara - I never heard that stem cell treatments aren't right for B-Pll. That's interesting. If...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/211084/

Discussion: Does anyone have B-cell prolymphocytic leukemia (B-PLL)?

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Posted: Mar 11, 2019

I have had immunoglobulin infusions every 4 weeks for some months, due to my CLL. Plan...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1265521/

Discussion: Dr wants to add immunoglobulins

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Posted: Mar 24, 2025

Just had labs and 3rd infusion of Rituxin. My absolute doubling time was 3 months. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1098553/

Discussion: Anybody on Treatment for CLL? What kind of treatment?

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Posted: Jul 3, 2024

Welcome to Connect, @lancaster1963. CLL is generally a slowly developing type of leukemia and from my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1080587/

Discussion: CLL: Have you had chemo, ummunotherapy or other treatment?

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Posted: Jun 4, 2024

I was diagnosed in 2008. I had high lymphocytes identified with a routine CBC, with CLL...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/965807/

Discussion: Might have CLL: Does it come on fast?

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Posted: Nov 16, 2023

Hi Kathy, I am very sorry to hear about your husband. It sounds like he is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/962371/

Discussion: Looking for experiences with the progression of MDS

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Posted: Nov 10, 2023

Hello Elaine. My name is Sherri and it seems as though we have a similar path....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/813526/

Discussion: What foods or supplements help increase Low platelets?

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Posted: Feb 18, 2023

Having gone through many rounds of chemo myself, I can tell you It’s quite normal for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/323208/

Discussion: WBC bottomed after first chemo for CLL: Postpone treatment?

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Posted: Sep 27, 2020

Welcome to Connect, @jda28 though I wish it were under less stressful circumstances. Your daughter is...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1358242/

Discussion: Anyone on Calquence as first line treatment for MCL?

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Posted: Jul 28, 2025

Hello all. I have CLL and thus had a very enlarged spleen because of it. The...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/273080/

Discussion: CLL and Managing an Enlarged Spleen

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Posted: Aug 21, 2019

Good morning, @marnix! I remember about 25? years ago, a close friend’s mother was diagnosed with...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1072120/

Discussion: Why are there no discussions about cancer of the blood?

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Posted: May 21, 2024

Hi @sveta25 Ok, I misunderstood, I thought it sounded as though it was a year ago...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1460937/

Discussion: To continue or stop Venclexta treatment for CLL?

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Posted: Dec 14, 2025

Hi @artymarty, welcome to Connect. It’s not as cool as the old treehouse club when we...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/909989/

Discussion: Had CLL for about 2 years, Dr is now thinking of treatment

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Posted: Aug 9, 2023