The CAR-T Blog

Retired

After 38 years of practicing family medicine in the same community and after 45 years of working as a physician,... Details

Reflections on A Year of Both Great Progress and Great Sadness in the CLL World

Happy New Year. This year we lost 3 members of our local Orange County CLL Society support group, and I lost... Details

Closing one door, opening another

Today was a monumental day for me. A huge transition. After 38 years of caring for generations of patients as their... Details

Great New Six Months post CAR-T

Brian posts on his CAR-T blog and the grief and joy in the CLL world. Also more on swimming.... Details

Swimming, joy and sadness and MRD negativity

Brian posts on his CAR-T blog and the grief and joy in the CLL world. Also more on swimming.... Details

Swimming

As a kid I’d love to swim, and it’s a love that has never faded with time. What has faded is... Details

10 years ago today I received my allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) for my CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia)

July 1, 2008, Canada Day, was my first Day Zero- my first shot at a cure when after conditioning chemo-immunotherapy... Details

News from the Recovery Front: I Got to Admit It’s Getting Better

Let me start with the good news. And it’s almost all good news. The deep sequencing of my bone marrow showed... Details

High Flying After My CAR-T Therapy

  I haven’t posted in a while as I have been too busy celebrating my new status. And packing to go... Details

Day 32: Recuperating and Listening to my body when I am tired, sleepy, sore and winded.

When we recover, when we recuperate, we are taught to listen to our bodies and be sensitive and responsive to... Details