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January 16, 2022

Is it true that asymptomatic vaccinated people cannot spread the Delta variant?

Ask the Doctor Question: My CLL expert told my wife and I that asymptomatic vaccinated people cannot spread the Delta variant, and, that we should be comfortable indoors with friends and family we know to be vaccinated and are not showing symptoms. But I am reading hints from the

January 16, 2022

Travel risk?

Ask the Doctor Question: I am an 80-year-old CLL patient in the watch and wait period, with as yet no clinical signs. My son died of cancer recently. The family is having a memorial service in the Bay Area where we all live now, and a second service is planned in

January 16, 2022

Given the recent studies on vaccine efficacy, is it safe for me to work a part-time retail job (wearing a mask) or am I taking a huge risk?

Ask the Doctor Question: I am a 64-year-old male diagnosed with CLL in 11/2019, in the “watch and wait” category with no treatment. I have no other health issues and have been fully vaccinated for COVID. Given the recent studies on vaccine efficacy, is it safe for me to work a part-time

January 16, 2022

I have CLL and have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Can you tell me whether it would be safe to go to a museum that uses social distance circles to distance patrons from each other?

Ask the Doctor Question: I have CLL and have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Can you tell me whether it would be safe to go to a museum that uses social distance circles to distance patrons from each other? Answer: We completely understand everyone’s desire to get out

January 16, 2022

Ask the Doctor: I’m fully vaccinated and in watch and wait. How safe is it to visit unvaccinated grandkids?

Question: I have CLL and am in the watch and wait category. I have been vaccinated (second shot in March). I am going to a small kindergarten graduation party for my grandson this weekend. There will be very few adults and they have all been vaccinated. The only ones

January 16, 2022

With the development of the monoclonal antibody infusions for COVID, and the ones involved in the PROVENT trial, is it likely or advisable that a patient pre-treat with Benadryl, steroids, etc., as we typically would for a “normal” monoclonal antibody infusion?

Ask the Doctor Question: CLL patients tend to have reactions to monoclonal antibodies (my experience is with Rituxan) typically during their first infusion. With the development of the monoclonal antibody infusions for COVID, and the ones involved in the PROVENT trial, is it likely or advisable that a patient

January 16, 2022

Ask the Doctor: Reactions and Side-Effects to the COVID-19 Booster Shot.

Question: My question relates to certain reactions/side-effects to the Booster shot received 8/21/2021, not experienced previously with Pfizer doses 1 and 2 received in January/February 2021: Extreme fatigue, lack of energy, appetite, feeling out of sorts was anticipated. Not anticipated included two days of fluctuating temperature – normal to

January 16, 2022

WBC spiked 27%, about three-times (3x) the historic amount after receiving vaccine. Do you know whether such spikes are common in CLL patients?

Ask the Doctor Question: I am 75, diagnosed with CLL 2018 and on wait and see. I notice only one of the “ask a doctor” questions relate to a Spike in WBC after receiving a COVID vaccine. Mine spiked 27%, about three-times (3x) the historic amount. Do you know

January 16, 2022

After Receiving Both Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, I Went for an Antibody Test Which Was Negative. So the Vaccine Did Not Work for Me. Now What?

Ask the Doctor Question: I am a CLL patient who received both doses of Moderna, with my last dose in February.I now find out that the vaccine may not have worked on CLL patients. I went for an antibody test which was negative. The vaccine did not work on

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Is it true that asymptomatic vaccinated people cannot spread the Delta variant?

Travel risk?

Given the recent studies on vaccine efficacy, is it safe for me to work a part-time retail job (wearing a mask) or am I taking a huge risk?

I have CLL and have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Can you tell me whether it would be safe to go to a museum that uses social distance circles to distance patrons from each other?

Ask the Doctor: I’m fully vaccinated and in watch and wait. How safe is it to visit unvaccinated grandkids?

With the development of the monoclonal antibody infusions for COVID, and the ones involved in the PROVENT trial, is it likely or advisable that a patient pre-treat with Benadryl, steroids, etc., as we typically would for a “normal” monoclonal antibody infusion?

Ask the Doctor: Reactions and Side-Effects to the COVID-19 Booster Shot.

WBC spiked 27%, about three-times (3x) the historic amount after receiving vaccine. Do you know whether such spikes are common in CLL patients?

After Receiving Both Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, I Went for an Antibody Test Which Was Negative. So the Vaccine Did Not Work for Me. Now What?

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