A blood specimen was taken and immediately taken to Dr. McCune's lab where the results were that Mom has CLL - Chronic Leukemia. This is nothing to be disturbed over as it turns out. She has probably had it for at least the past 2 years. I asked why they didn't tell me back when she had the stroke and he said she had multiple things going on so the elevated white cells could have been attributed to that. McCune said that this doesn't cause Mom's fatigue or her dizziness.. apparently it doesn't do anything at all if I understood him correctly. After the blood test he went and looked at the slide that had been prepared of Mom's white cells...they were broken up which is a clear indicator of CLL. The white blood cells are "fragile" with CLL. I asked if it would kill her. He said no. I asked if it was hereditary. He said not. He said if she had enlarged lymph nodes or something more symptomatic he could give her medicine but he said presently there is no need. I asked if this was no-med's was age - related and he said no. "So if she was 30 you still wouldn't prescribe meds". Again he said no.
Finally he asked if anyone had done a thyroid or B12 test yet. I said no. He said this could also be a contributor to fatigue or dizzy. So he drew more blood and we will know tomorrow if everything else is Okay.
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