Anyone young? --30 and under??

[louise1994]

I'm 23, anyone remotely close to my age?

[Newdawn Administrator]

Welcome and have you been diagnosed with CLL Louise? You must be the youngest person I've heard of but we do have members under 30.

Can you tell us more about how you came to be diagnosed.

Newdawn

[louise1994 in reply to Newdawn]

Yes I have. I've actually connected with a couple other people around my age on other forums (23, 20 believe it or not, and 25). I have an autoimmune disorder that requires regular blood testing so they picked up the slightly high counts over a few tests and wanted to look into it. Took a while to confirm because they didn't expect it with my age, but it's stage 0 and asymptomatic and apparently I have pretty good prognostic markers so they're assuming I'll be watch and wait for a while (I hope so!)

[nkferg]

We have one European member that was diagnosed at 18.

[louise1994 in reply to nkferg]

Wow that's the youngest I've heard even in my googling.

[TinyTattooedToes]

I was 26 when diagnosed, I'm 10 years down the line now, still on w&w and apart from a few bumps in the CLL road, doing really well still. All the best to u ❤❤

[bkoffman CLL CURE Hero]

I have a friend, a Korean woman who has diagnosed at 29. Hardly the typical 72 year old Ashkenazi male.

[SonnyJim]

I was diagnosed at 33, but I know of a girl on here that was diagnosed at 18 -healthunlocked.com/user/Aus...

[GhostInTheSh3ll]

I was dx'd at 23, i am 25 now

[GeriGi]

I was 44 when diagnosed and I have a friend that was I think about 38. We are both 11 years older in the watch and wait still. I hope this gives you some confidence!