Anyone on here ever been diagnosed with leukemia?

I had a cousin who had it as a kid. I can't remember which form, though. He spent alot of time at St. Jude. He's in his early 50s now.

Hopefully it comes out you don’t have it, obviously. Am I wrong in thinking this is much better treated nowadays? Seems I’ve heard or maybe it’s childhood leukemia that survival rate has gone up drastically

ETA: From reading below replies sounds like there are many different forms of it

Ive got Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Going strong on 6 years since diagnosis.

Have to have regular bloodwork.

A close friend of mine has a little 6 year old boy that was diagnosed last year. The fear of him getting sick with this underlying condition is scary. This little guy is a champ in my book.

Kick it’s arse.

The fact that you’re likely posting this from home and not from an inpatient facility implies to me that blood analysis has revealed an elevated white blood cell count but without evidence of blasts, the prototypical cell of the acute leukemias. Therefore, if you do indeed have leukemia, you more likely have a chronic leukemia.

There are two main types of chronic leukemia: chronic myeloid leukemia (cml) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll). Chronic myeloid leukemia is a very well understood disease whose therapy consists of oral chemotherapy given indefinitely as it is a very treatable disease but not considered to be curable. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a disease that is more common than cml, and it can often be monitored until there is an indication for therapy. That can actually be years after diagnosis.

The more likely explanation for your elevated white blood cell count is temporary inflammatory response that will self resolve.

Young brother, long time ago -60s-. Not much they could do back then.

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Prayers for you my friend.

I have a family member whom the doctors suspect has some type of leukemia.
He is in his mid-20s and is strong as a horse.

He passed out while at work and fell on his back(he was just standing up).
Several of his vertebrae were broken.

This threw up some red-flags to the doctors as a strong healthy young man should not have sustained several broken vertebrae.

Fortunately he able to walk and but is now in pain.

They think he has some sort of spongy-bones.

IDK, he and his mother are super-stressed about this.

They have run a few test but there is nothing conclusive yet.

Prayers for you my friend. Praying for a good diagnosis.

Had hairy cell leukemia 10 years ago. Did 7 days of a 24 hour drip chemotherapy. Been clear for over 10 years now. It really puts everything into perspective. Good luck and God speed.

I had a drinking buddy that had a nosebleed one day at the bar. It didn't stop until he died. Turns out he had an aggressive acute leukemia that showed up out of nowhere.

I was dx with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) in 2011.

I've been on a chemo drug called Sprycel ever since then. Side effects have been minimal but they do exist. The drug is expensive, but insurance covers most of it so far.

After being on the "suggested dose" for a year, it was my goal to back down as low as I could and still maintain a safe margin. Some people are even able to get off the drug eventually, although that didn't work for me.

There are many facebook groups where people share their experiences, which might be helpful, but honestly, some people seem to waller in their diagnosis. I do my best to take my little pill every day and forget about it.

It does remind one of their mortality and helps one appreciate life perhaps a little more than others.

Best of luck on your dx and treatment.