Unfortunately my husband has both cll and multiple myeloma!
He was diagnosed with cll 25years ago(aged 50)and has had various treatments each time he relapsed.He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma 5 years ago,received treatment and thankfully went into remission 3 years ago.
CLL returned with a vengeance 18 months ago and he is now 18 months into 2years of treatment with venclexta ….cll has again been knocked on the head and luckily the venclexta is keeping the myeloma in check too.(although bloods show it still present and rising very slowly)
However dr thinks venclexta has only put brakes on mm and sadly expects it to return when treatment is finished.He told us that my husband would only be able to obtain venclexta once amd would not be able to have it indefinitely even if it’s working!
It is rare to have both cancers at the same time…….would be very interested to know if there are any other members unlucky enough to have both???