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Might have CLL: Does it come on fast?
6 months ago my rheumatologist did some blood work and everything was normal. Now, this month with different dr, my blood test showed elevated white...
Last active: Nov 17, 2023
Have Bullous Pemphigoid and now diagnosed with CLL
I have Bullous Pemphigoid and have been diagnosed with CLL. I was wondering if that has happened to anyone else.
Support Group: Autoimmune Diseases
Last active: Jun 7 8:48pm
Newly diagnosed CLL How to interpret FISH results?
I just got back the FISH results and trying to understand what it means. "Results: abnormal." "INTERPRETATION: This analysis showed signal patterns consistent with trisomy...
Last active: 6 days ago
Diagnosed with CLL and ITP together! What can I expect?
I was a an active 60 year old man, when routine blood work showed low platelets.... from there, bone marrow biopsy, scans... DVT both legs,...
Last active: Mar 16, 2023
CLL treatment that concentrates in shrinking the spleen without undergoing chemo
I have had CLL for 12 years, without need for treatment. Now my spleen has double in size from normal and I would like to...
Last active: Mar 5, 2023
CLL complicated by autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA)
Anyone dealing with AIHA? I’ve had 4 infusions of rituxan. Got hemoglobin to 12, but other markers of hemolysis still off. What next? Geri
Last active: May 25, 2023
Test Results and Prone to CLL based on DNA test
Since 2019 my monocytes have been high 10% on every test from 2019-now On top of that my immature granule gets arr 0.6% which is...
Last active: Jul 23, 2023
CLL diagnosis now having soft tissue pain
I was diagnosed in 2019 with CLL, and was asymptomatic until December 2022 when my lymph nodes started to increase in size. Since July 2023...
Last active: Nov 22, 2023
Is possible to know how long ago I got CLL?
I am newly diagnosed with CLL. I am wondering if it is possible to get an idea of how long I have had this. I...
Last active: 6 days ago
What is the prognosis of living with CLL beyond 20 years?
Most articles about CLL state the vast majority of CLL patients have survived 20 years but there doesn't seem to be any mention beyond 20...
Last active: Jun 5 3:41pm
Had CLL for about 2 years, Dr is now thinking of treatment
I was diagnosed August of 2021 with CLL, IGHV mutated, 13q14 deletion, no other chromosomal abnormalities. I'm now 64, female. I had an enlarged lymph...
Last active: Aug 9, 2023
Concerned: CLL in remission, but feel lousy, what to do?
I was diagnosed with CLL in 2017, i’m on Imbruica. I was at my doctor inDecember. My Dr. Told me i was in the beginning...
Last active: Jan 25, 2023
Using pulsating electro-magnetic fields as an adjunct in treating CLL
I currently have unmutated IGHV trisomy 12 with 11q deletion. I was diagnosed in 2012 and have going to Mayo Clinic in Rochester. At the...
Last active: Dec 18, 2018
Had CLL since 1996 & Now NETs-Anyone Else?
I have had CLL since 1996 and during the years had oral chemo 3 times to regulate white blood count, but for about 8 years...
Last active: Aug 27, 2023
Dual Diagnosis of CLL and Acute Epstein Barr Virus
I am three years into a dual diagnosis of acute Epstein Barr Virus and CLL and I am reaching my wit's end. Looking for help,...
Last active: Oct 22, 2021
CLL: Chemotherapy and its affect on my immune system
Hi, My name is Mary and I am 59 years old, I was diagnosed with Chronic lymphocytic Leukemia nine years ago. since then I have...
Last active: May 29, 2018
CLL - Blood work Completed IGVA Mutation Analysis
Hi all it is me again. My husbands full blood panel came back and his IGVH Mutation Analysis came back positive. Everything I try to...
Last active: Feb 21 12:10pm
CLL patients needing other non related surgeries or procedures
I want to know if it endangers a CLL patient to have other surgeries and medical procedures unrelated to CLL?
Last active: Feb 3, 2023
Has anyone else experienced frequent infections and itching with CLL?
I had a respitory infection and took prednisone and Bactrim and started To feel better. Then every time I start feeling better and go out...
Last active: Nov 12, 2023
With CLL what to do about night sweats and dry mouth?
I am not getting treatment. Its "wait and watch." What can I do about the nightly sweats? Thanks
Last active: 23 hours ago