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Cancer Support

DEbluedude

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1. My wife was diagnosed with CML in 2015 at 61.

Reply to whathehell (Original post)

Thu Sep 30, 2021, 06:18 PM

Sep 2021

She's been in remission for about 5 years. She takes a chemo pill daily with minimal side effects. The pharmaceutical advances in that area in the last 15 years have given her a chance to live a full, long life. I'm blessed to have great insurance. And her. I'll say a little prayer and hope things work out for your niece.

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Anyone know anything about Chronic Myeloid Leukemia? [View all] whathehell Sep 2021 OP

My wife was diagnosed with CML in 2015 at 61. DEbluedude Sep 2021 #1

Thanks so much for your input, DEbluedude whathehell Oct 2021 #4

I know my favorite baseball player has it. luvs2sing Sep 2021 #2

Thanks, luvs2sing whathehell Oct 2021 #5

Carlos Carrasco luvs2sing Oct 2021 #10

Enought to know I prefer the cancers I've been treated for the eight or nine years ... marble falls Sep 2021 #3

Thanks for the information.. whathehell Oct 2021 #6

I watched my closest friend Irvin die from it. marble falls Oct 2021 #7

Oh no! whathehell Oct 2021 #8

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