My wbc has been 55.2 & 53.8. I had Hodgkins Lymphoma & CLL in 2018 stage 4. My CLL is active again. My Cancer Dr says let's give it 3 more months & reck wbc again and then discuss treatments. Is this normal to do?
Makes me agitated & nervous and worried.

I also get a slight skin rash on my neck and chest from time to time. It comes and goes. I didn't have either of these issues prior to treatment. Any thoughts?

After the news that you are in remission, did you go back to the normal things in life? Traveling, flying, cruises and etc? We are still wondering if we should be cautious?

I have read some history posts here and on the internet about how having CA (including Lymphoma) increases the likelihood of getting other CAs. This is with or without getting chemo- or immuno- therapy txs. I know that after my dx, my mammogram came back abnormal with areas that needed to be biopsied and watched. There are more of those areas every 6-month check. My skin CA occurrences which started about 6 years prior to dx have ramped up this last year - with 4 new spots that needed to… read more

I was just diagnosed a week ago and don't meet with my doctor to discuss next steps until after the new year. He mentioned possibly doing "watch and wait" method and I've read a lot that backs that up, which really surprises me. Why would you wait until things got worse to pursue any type of treatment?

I was diagnosed with CLL/SLL 9/2022 after finding swollen lymph nodes in my neck. Now they are in several parts of my body, and I have a slightly elevated WBC, but have no other "significant" symptoms. I'm on watchful waiting protocol. Has anyone else dealt with increasing lymph node swelling over a fairly short time and received no treatment? Also, could swollen nodes in the throat area affect swallowing? Seems like I have a harder time swallowing my vitamins.

Like many others on… read more