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Loss of taste and smell.

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i had covid a year and a half ago. Still do not have my taste or smell back yet. Skin cancers non stop. In remission with Imbruvica., Anyone else?

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bulldozer4264

me too on the long covid symptoms

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Oh dear, not good on the skin cancers but hurray for Ibrutinib :)

Apparently it's quite common for the sense of taste and smell to be impaired for a long time. That sounds very miserable to me, sorry to hear you're suffering from that.

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SlowCLL

Glad you survived Covid. Do you or your doctors think the skin cancers are attributable to CLL or long Covid, or perhaps both? I am asking because I have multiple skin cancers removed every time I see my dermatologist and she attributes them to my CLL compromised immune system, my age & early sun damage.

Owen

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lsutigers2018 in reply to SlowCLL

CLL and IMBRUVICA formula for previous vanity sun bathing skin cancer. Grateful for imbruvica to be alive. Now just waiting for all the illegal things I consumed in the 70s at LSU to make me senile. But that's ok, I will just run for high office.

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TimDeeSeattle in reply to SlowCLL

Since receiving 4 months of FCR in 2018, relapsing and the going on Calquence in 2020 - I have had 7 or 8 precancerous spots removed (basal cell, squamous cell, AK’s) but no melanoma…a very good thing. And yes, my dermatologist and oncologist are also saying CLL may cause them to grow faster and more frequently. Good luck to you!

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