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How to Stay Alive and Well with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.
CLL Alternatives
9M ago
It’s been two years since I posted a CLL update. I’m still alive and relatively well. The picture above is a current snapshot of my six grandchildren, all of whom I’m grateful to be with! Twenty-two years ago I wasn’t so sure I’d get to see my sons married, let alone have children. (Please note ..read more
CLL Alternatives
3y ago
Celebrating My 20 Year Anniversary of CLL I remember vividly when I was first diagnosed with CLL at age 46. It was July 2001, shortly before our national disaster. At the time, my brand-new oncologist told me that if I was lucky, I might even live for twenty years. Well, I guess I’m lucky, because ..read more
CLL Alternatives
3y ago
After posting all kinds of pretty valid, but ultimately useless advice on how to prevent Covid 19, I caught it. Here is, briefly I hope, my Covid-19 timeline. October 23, 2020: My husband left work early with cold symptoms. It is a family business and our son is the general manager, and told my husband ..read more
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3y ago
Forget the Cure and Stay the Course! So if you’re working on a cure, please stop! Once your body has been a host to cancer, that potential is always there. It is your job to make your body as unpleasant for cancer as possible ..read more
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3y ago
An August 3rd, 2020 update on how to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and CLL ..read more
CLL Alternatives
3y ago
I’ve been working on CLLAlternatives since November 2010, and I thought it was time for an updated look! The man you see picture with me is my husband, Peter. I’m sure I’ve mentioned him here and there. But I should mention him a lot. He has been my partner in wellness since I was diagnosed ..read more
CLL Alternatives
3y ago
I’m always dishing out advise, so I will share my take on CLL and COVID-19 here. If you have the CLL diagnosis, be careful! I’m not sure we have the immune system to fight off COVID-19. I read one CLL doctor’s recommendation to get IGIV (immunoglobulin by IV) if you get sick, to build your ..read more
CLL Alternatives
3y ago
Today I’d like to talk about personal care products and how using the right things can absolutely help your immune system keep your CLL symptoms and progression at bay. Here, in simple terms, is the theory behind it, in case you or a loved person is new to fighting leukemia or cancer. Our immune systems have ..read more
CLL Alternatives
3y ago
Believe me, you are not alone in having fear of CLL! Here are a few suggestions that have worked for me ..read more
CLL Alternatives
3y ago
The good health, including normal absolute neutrophil counts, continued, and continue to this day ..read more