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I have had CLL for a couple of years now. I am on watch and wait. I have posted on this sight before. I had reconstruction from my breast cancer a number of...

Administrator•1 month ago

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21Bedlam21

I have had CLL for a couple of years now. I am on watch and wait. I have posted ...

21Bedlam21

•2 months ago

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Exercise for aging people: where to begin, and how to minimize risk while maximizing potential, by Peter Attia M.D.

Further to this recent post on how exercise can boost immune protection...

bennevisplace

•2 months ago

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Fatigue

Does anyone have any tips for managing fatigue - I find this overtakes my life daily, and if I do anything it can take me days, even a week, to recover!

Does anyone have any tips for managing fatigue - I find this overtakes my life d...

Alibaba26

•2 months ago

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IgG Testing, Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy, and Infection Outcomes in Patients with CLL or NHL: Real-World Evidence

CLL is well characterised as a cancer of the immune system, hence CLL specialists recommend keeping up to date with non-live vaccinations...

CLL is well characterised as a cancer of the immune system, hence CLL specialist...

IMPRESSION- Compared to May 30, 2024 The following is the chest CT scan. I'd appreciate your words of wisdom, encouragement, and advise. Treatment, it...

Administrator•2 months ago

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Recent Chest CT scan to check for SLL progression, June 7, 2024 (part 2 of 2 posts)

IMPRESSION- Compared to May 30, 2024 The following is the chest CT scan. I'd...

bagelstreet225

•3 months ago

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Recent CT abdomen and pelvis scan to check for SLL progression, June 7, 2024 (part 1 of 2 posts)

I was diagnosed on May 25, 2023, and classified as watch and wait. Treatment, I believe, is warranted. I'll see the hem/onc on June 20, 2024. I'd greatly...

I was diagnosed on May 25, 2023, and classified as watch and wait. Treatment, I...

bagelstreet225

•3 months ago

Sepsis - a timely reminder

“The paramedics were reluctant to take me in,” he said. “They thought I should go and see my GP. I could have gone back to sleep. And I would have died I...

“The paramedics were reluctant to take me in,” he said. “They thought I should g...

bennevisplace

•3 months ago

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"Natural hack" to boost immune system

Hello everyone, I've gotten such helpful answers in this group, I want to add my "hack" in case it helps someone. So I've a tendency to mouth infections (&...

Hello everyone, I've gotten such helpful answers in this group, I want to add m...

LadyLuckyLuna

•4 months ago

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Determining if you'll never need treatment. It is feasible and safe to stop specialized follow-up of asymptomatic lower risk CLL?

Regular readers will have often heard that around 30% of those diagnosed with CLL never need treatment. So how is it determined whether you fall into that...

Regular readers will have often heard that around 30% of those diagnosed with CL...

Hello My husband has been on watch and wait for 12 years. Due to a constant chronic cough he recently had a blood test which showed low vitamin D levels of 45...

Administrator•4 months ago

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Low vitamin d high serum ferritin

Hello My husband has been on watch and wait for 12 years. Due to a constant chro...

Debs4

•4 months ago

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brukinsa cll patient

cll patient that has been on brukinsa for six weeks and with wbc count of 30.3 and lymphocyte absolute count of 27.6 should i be concerned.

cll patient that has been on brukinsa for six weeks and with wbc count of 30.3 a...

ceciljr1958

•5 months ago

Many of us were shocked after our CLL/SLL diagnosis when we googled for survival times. Hopefully we subsequently read that search engine information...

CLL survival times ARE improving, thanks to BTK and BCL-2 inhibitors

Many of us were shocked after our CLL/SLL diagnosis when we googled for survival...

Hi I was diagnosed with CLL a year ago and not currently on any treatment . However, since January I have suffered from continuous Tinnitus , day and night ....

Administrator•5 months ago

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Tinnitus & CLL

Hi I was diagnosed with CLL a year ago and not currently on any treatment . Ho...

Ternheim1967

•6 months ago

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Latest COVID-19 guide for immunocompromised blood cancer patients from the International COVID-19 Blood Cancer Coalition (ICBCC)

The latest Patient Impact Statement has been released by the International COVID-19 Blood Cancer Coalition (ICBCC). Titled "Navigating a post-pandemic...

The latest Patient Impact Statement has been released by the International COVID...

I was treated for CLL with Venetoclax for a year ending last April. It was very effective. Half-way through the treatment I developed a skin rash on arms and...

Administrator•7 months ago

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cll and associated skin disorder

I was treated for CLL with Venetoclax for a year ending last April. It was very ...

nigeldodd

•8 months ago

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New to an on line community

Never been evolved in an on line community before and not sure how to get the best out of it

Never been evolved in an on line community before and not sure how to get the be...

Geministars

•8 months ago

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Shingrix availability on PBS in Australia from 1 November has been confirmed

SEE THIS REPLY for the latest update to this post:...

After reading CLL is dormant in the blood stream but active in the lymph nodes I wondered if it might be be beneficial to keep the cells circulating out of the...

Administrator•11 months ago

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Lymphatic drainage massages

After reading CLL is dormant in the blood stream but active in the lymph nodes I...

Rando21

•1 year ago

I just finished 4 weeks of Rituximab 750ml once a week. Diagnosed cll 2019 at 42 developed Pure red cell aplasia at the start of this year. Only side affects...

4 weeks of Rituximab

I just finished 4 weeks of Rituximab 750ml once a week. Diagnosed cll 2019 at 4...

Jimmy_9

•1 year ago

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Wearing a mask!

My wife has cll diagnosed in June of 2012. She is currently on Venclexta. My question I am sure has been discussed before. She goes in frequently for some...

My wife has cll diagnosed in June of 2012. She is currently on Venclexta. My qu...

Ecalv

•1 year ago

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Hello strangers.

Hello, just thought that having been banned from the Cllforum years ago for no good reason, I would catch up with what has been happening to some of the people...

Hello, just thought that having been banned from the Cllforum years ago for no g...

andysnat

•1 year ago

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Lymph Node Resurgence

Hello Everyone! I started my treatment last December. Completed my last Gazyva in June and am still on my Venetoclax through the end of the year. Some of my...

Hello Everyone! I started my treatment last December. Completed my last Gazyva ...

filmcaptive1

•1 year ago

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Shingrix may be available on Australia's National Immunisation Program for those with CLL from 1 November 2023

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended that Shingrix be included on Australia's National Immunisation Program for some Australians...

The Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee has recommended that Shingrix be ...

Administrator•1 year ago

I have been on WW CLL for about ten years. With wbc ranging from 13 to 28. I recently started injecting Cosentyx for a bad case of psoriasis. I previously was...

Cosentyx

I have been on WW CLL for about ten years. With wbc ranging from 13 to 28. I rec...

Hidden

•1 year ago

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White Paper recommends steps to improve the care and support of people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia who face immune challenges

". . . despite advances in therapy, infection remains a major risk in CLL and is a key challenge in CLL management. People with CLL face varied immune...

". . . despite advances in therapy, infection remains a major risk in CLL and is...

My husband was diagnosed with CLL in Jan 2019. He began on daily Ibrutinib about a year later. About a year ago he started having severe itching that makes...

Administrator•1 year ago

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Ibrutinib - Excessive Itching

My husband was diagnosed with CLL in Jan 2019. He began on daily Ibrutinib abou...

macarr45

•1 year ago

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CLL and Covid !

My father recently got covid and had to be hospitalised for the same. He got covid related pneumonia and had to be on oxygen support (nasal cannula) for the...

My father recently got covid and had to be hospitalised for the same. He got co...

Iwrite

•1 year ago