Experiences with

Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)

Hello, My dad started 100mg/daily of Calquence for manle cell lymphoma on September 9, 2024- a smaller dose because of his age, and high risk status. He has lost a lot of weight and is always tired. Any one else experience extreme fatigue - and any suggestions on how to deal with it, and same with advice

Hello, My father, 84 years old, has non-Hodgkin's mantle cell lymphoma, diagnosed in 2017. He started Imbruvica in 2021, which was replaced a few months ago with Calquence because Imbruvica was no longer providing benefits but only side effects.

I have question- I just had CT scan and all my lymph nodes have decreased in size the scan reader said I was responding to treat well ( I’m not currently in treatment) good thing? But my white count has gone from 80k to 130k in 3 months my other markers are no loss of the 11 or 17 or loss of p53 is that

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Happy Holidays to Everyone! CLL Dx July 2022 when I was 78. W&W, Living an active and normal life except some swollen lymph nodes on necks and under chin (diameter of largest is about one inch). A month ago my Hemo/Oncologist ordered a FISH Test and Flow Cytometry. Results are as follows FISH FINAL

Recently diagnosed with Stage 3 CLL. Currently on Brukinsa and will be soon be starting Zometa (bone resorption infusion). Apparently, it is quite rare to have CLL that also presents with bone damage. In my case, I had a walnut sized tumor in my T12 vertebrae that had to be radiated. I also have

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My Platelet count on my three monthly blood test has gone from 201 to 160 do they increase again or keep going down.? WBC is now 57.8 and Lymphocytes 53.5 Heamoglobin 140 Neutrophils 3.6 Basophils 0.2. Thanks

hi everyone not strictly pain related. But I’ve been a life long blusher / flusher. I’ve heard venlafaxine can help. Had anyone had any experience with this please? Or any other remedies please! Thanks

My ex was diagnosed with CLL about 6 years ago and was at stage zero until this year. She is starting Venetoclax and immunotherapy this week and I was just checking to see if anyone had experience with this? TIA

Hi Tedrog, I also started allopurinol when I started my Acalabrutinib one and a half years ago. It took almost a year for my lymphocytes to go down, so I remained on allopurinol the whole time until they were within normal limits. The thinking was that I should stay on it as long as my lymph’s were

H.”ere is an article that some might be interested in: There are many more news articles about this. The research was done at University of Windsor in Canada and the clinical trial is at the Windsor Cancer Center. There is also some ongoing research of cancer cells and various types of mushroom

I have CLL. I be am 4 months into a 1 year targeted immunotherapy plan. I receive a monthly infusion of Obitinubinazab and 300mg venclexta daily. I am very tired everyday. Went from 400mg to 300mg to try and help. Still exhausted. Anyone have similar experience ?

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)/small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) Has your patient already begun treatment with a BTK inhibitor?

The doctors tell us that you don't die from CLL; you die with CLL. What they don't tell you very often is that even though it isn't the CLL that gets you, it could very well be a secondary primary malignancy caused by the CLL that does it. Bennevisplace wrote on this a few months ago; i.e. the fact

Back in November I noticed a swelling under my arm. My doctor set me up with ultrasounds and found it was swollen lymph nodes. After the surgery in December to remove the largest one, I was told I had SLL. My world turned upside down. I had a PET scan in January and I lit up like a Christmas tree. The

I just got this result after a year of Acalabrutinib and Venetoclax on the Majic trial. I'm currently waiting for the clonoSEQ MRD6 results. Below are the FLOW test results. Are they comparable. If so, I have a long long way to go for MRD6. Bone marrow, flow cytometric immunophenotyping

hi, The person I’m caring for has had non-Hodgkin b cell lymphoma 3 times. This time they are treating her with Zanubrutinib. She’s been on it for 2 weeks and her limbs have become very swollen with what looks like lymphodema. Has anyone had any experience with this side effect? She is very worried

just wondering if anyone has any experience with heat belts for pain relief? Hubby suffers from a degenerative spine (cervical stenosis) and was just starting to feel slightly better after sleeping on our new memory foam mattress for just two nights. Unfortunately we came to our holiday cottage in