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My lab reports came back today with my Lymphocyte count up to. 7.98 K/uL from 6.61 only 5 month ago...My WBC 12.92 compared to 12.21 5 months ago.. Anyone have any thought on this?

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Yes, your CLL looks to be boringly stable. CLL specialists don't look at doubling time until the lymphocyte count exceeds 30, because it naturally jumps around. If you didn't have a diagnosis of CLL, a doctor would dismiss such a small change as due to measurement accuracy, natural variations over time and with the time of day. More importantly, how much change is there in your platelets and red blood cells/ haemoglobin? Remember with this chronic condition, it is long term trends that are important...

Neil

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CLL12345 in reply toAussieNeil

I meet with my doctor this Friday but I guess I am still at stage 0?

Thank you...

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CllcanadaTop Poster CURE Hero

No worries...ALC counts fluctuate a lot, day to day... rises and falls all the time. In general they aren't CLL related untill the count reached the 30K level, then doctors watch for trends of rising, over time, like months or years... they watch for the counts to double in about 6 months, from say 42K to 88K ... this indicates CLL progression and often, future treatment.

~chris

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CLL12345 in reply toCllcanada

Good to know...Thanks.. I feel better now.

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It's a pretty insignificant increase to be honest CLL12345 and in that period of time absolutely nothing to be concerned about if everything else is fine. Very very early stages and that level of variation could even be due to lab calculation differences. No reason for concern with those results. I'd be delighted!

Best wishes,

Newdawn

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CLL12345 in reply toNewdawn

Thank you! I am delighted, now...

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Three answers in 3 minutes... must be a covfefe moment 🤣

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NewdawnAdministrator in reply toCllcanada

'Covfefe?'...that had me trumped for a moment! :-)

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albie58 in reply toNewdawn

Lol!

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Bad! Really Bad! LOL!

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cllady01Former Volunteer in reply toCllcanada

Have mercy on us all! That is a prayer being heard round the globe.

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Clsmith in reply toCllcanada

😂😂

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Condor47 in reply toCllcanada

Ha ha!

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mgh348

LOL Oh you guys are too funny!

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