Dr. Koffman’s New CLL Adventure- Starting CAR-T (chimeric antigen receptor) Therapy Friends and CLL Society supporters: This is a difficult piece for me to write, but after consulting with my wife, my... Details February 22, 201851 CommentsCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
Heading to Seattle: My Best Chance and Place to Knock Back my Nasty Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) I have taught others when I speak on self-advocacy that we must make life changing decision with conflicting advice and... Details February 25, 20181 CommentCAR-T Blog, NewsBy Brian Koffman
Me and my CAR-T- Part 1 on why I have moved to Seattle for 2 months Me and my CAR-T- Part 1 on why I have moved to Seattle for 2 months First things first. Thank you. I have... Details March 1, 2018Leave a commentCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
3/6/2018 Patty Koffman reporting from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance on Brian’s Apheresis Patty reporting from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance March 6, 2018: Apheresis! Using a sophisticated centrifuge, Brian's T-cells are being spun... Details March 6, 2018Leave a commentCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
Waiting and Preparing for CAR-T therapy to decimate my CLL Patty and I have been in Seattle for almost two weeks now. I have had multiple blood tests, a last-minute cheek... Details March 13, 20181 CommentCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
PET/CT, the Beatles and the Kindness of a Stranger at the US Postal Service MARCH 13, 2018 Had my PET/CT today and briefly I was radioactive. That scared my wife. They shooed her out of... Details March 14, 20181 CommentCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
Goldilocks and the CAR-T cells I had planned to write more often, but long hospital days, followed by long naps and long walks most days... Details March 18, 20186 CommentsCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
Part 2: Why Seattle for My CAR-T Therapy to Demolish My CLL? I am hoping that writing about my choice of Seattle will distract me from my waves of nausea and other... Details March 19, 201812 CommentsCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
Day- 2 Before CAR-T Infusion MARCH 20, 2018 This was supposed to be a rest day and it sure was. Woke up with no chemo in the... Details March 21, 20187 CommentsCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
DAY ZERO: CAR-T cells are aboard and getting ready to seek out and destroy all my CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia) cells MARCH 22, 2018 Well it's done. No looking back. My genetically altered T cells were infused between 1:56 PM and 2:20 PM... Details March 23, 20189 CommentsCAR-T BlogBy Brian Koffman
