January 19, 2021
Friends,
This week, I’m sharing an interesting article about shoes. Shoes, you say? What do shoes have to do with my CLL? Read my article and find out. You can access it here.
CLL Patient Support Group Meetings This Week
TONIGHT Tuesday, April 11th at 7 PM in Orange, CA – the Orange County CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting. More information here.
Thursday, April 13th at 6:30 PM in Belmont, NC – the Charlotte-Area CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. More information here.
Saturday, April 15th at 3 PM in Vienna, VA – the Washington DC-Area CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. More information here.
Monday, April 17th at 7 PM in Duarte, CA – the City of Hope CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting. More information here.
New CLL Patient Support Group Meetings
Saturday, April 22nd at 1 PM in the Boston area – the Boston-area CLL Support Group, sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. More information here.
Sunday, April 23rd at 4 PM in San Francisco – the San Francisco CLL Support Group sponsored by the CLL Society will be meeting for the first time. NOTE: NEW LOCATION! More information here.
ALSO – We are actively forming CLL-specific support group in a number of cities around the country. To see if your city is one of them, go to our home page and click on the interest survey for your city. JUST ADDED – Rochester, NY; Milwaukee, WI; Atlanta, GA; Salt Lake City, UT; Huntsville, AL. Not listed, but interested in starting one? Email us at support@cllsociety.org Thanks!
Upcoming Patient Education Meetings
- Thursday, April 20th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Cherry Hill, NJ: Anthony Mato, MD, MSCE from the Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia will be chairing the patient educational forum, CLL in 2017: State of the Art Management from a Patient’s Perspective with his team. Brian Koffman, MD from the CLL Society will also be speaking. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Attendance is limited and registration will be closed when attendance limits are reached. Dinner will be provided for registered attendees. Find out more information here.
- Thursday, April 20th from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM in Jacksonville, FL: The Florida Society of Clinical Oncology (FLASCO) is hosting a free CLL educational dinner program Living with CLL at the Jacksonville Marriott Hotel. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Dinner will be provided for registered attendees. Find out more information here.
- Monday, April 24th at 6 PM in Columbus, OH and streaming live: Ask the Expert: Nutrition & Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia will be held at The James at Ohio State University. This event is free, but pre-registration is required. Visit https://nutritionandcll.eventbrite.com to register or for more information, please call JamesCare for Life at 614-293-6428. Find out more information here.
- Thursday, May 11th from 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM in Chicago, IL: The Lymphoma Research Foundation will be hosting Ask the Doctor: Updates on CLL/SLL. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required. Dinner will be provided for registered attendees. Find out more information here.
In the meantime….
Stay strong.
We are all in this together.
Brian Koffman, MD
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