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[Tedsey]

I will probably get a call from onc tormorrow.  I checked in to see if my CBC was back.  It was.  Also it appears that my BMB report showed up.  There was also a report for CLL.  It didn't say much but this, but now I am really freaked out that I have CLL too.  Is this a normal check for a BMB?  I am hoping it is a data entry error.

LEUK/LYMPH PANEL INTERP	*
See separate pathology, cytology or flow cytometry result report. EBM10-104, bone marrow

[Tedsey]

OK.  Talked to onc.  If anyone sees this in his/her records it is likely the name of a flow cytometry test.  Man, one can go crazy with all these acronyms!  If I had CML and CLL, I would be a medical anomaly.  As rare as CML is, it is even rarer to have both CML and CLL.  And usually CLL occurs first.  The avg. age for getting both is 71.  There have only been a handful of cases in the world.

[BethG]

*whew* Glad to hear you aren't fighting two battles!

[Tedsey]

Thaks Beth.  I could not believe it meant that I also had another leukemia.  Hope this saves others from such a scare!  All the best.