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CLL Update: RBC, Platelets and Neutrophils

Posted by: Denise on: July 28, 2023

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 […]

CLL: My Personal 20th Anniversary

Posted by: Denise on: July 9, 2021

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 […]

CLL and Covid 19: A Personal Story

Posted by: Denise on: March 12, 2021

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 […]

CLL DIY treatment

Posted by: Denise on: August 28, 2020

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.

CLL Alternatives Gets Updated Look

Posted by: Denise on: June 19, 2020

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 […]

CLL & COVID-19: What to Do!

Posted by: Denise on: March 18, 2020

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 […]