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Yesterday, April 6, 2022, I had 2½ years of hair growth shorn. My last haircut had been before the annual ASH conference held in December 2019.
I have not been able to eat grapefruit for more than a dozen years due to its annoying chemistry that interferes with the metabolism of multiple medications. It has been called the forbidden fruit due to its potent inhibition of cytochrome P450 3A4 (CYP3A4) that can lead to toxic
Dr. Brian Koffman gives his updated medical report, post CAR-T for CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia: “My first imaging (MRI) since leaving Seattle for home post CAR-T was a few weeks ago, about 21 months post CAR-T and it found “that all my lymph nodes had shrunk to normal size