Michele Nadeem-Baker was a TV news journalist turned PR pro for a global company when she started feeling flu-like symptoms. She chalked them up to being a workaholic. Soon after she felt more symptoms including dermal changes, bumps on her head, and swollen lymph nodes.
She finally got diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), a slow-growing form of blood cancer, and was shocked further when her doctor told her there would be no immediate treatment.

Hear from Michele as she shares openly about all she went through, and her guidance to other patients on how to fight for themselves through the treatment decision-making process.
Thank you for sharing your story, Michele!

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Contents Of This Video:
00:00 - intro
03:19 - Describe the 1st CLL symptoms
06:43 - Next red flag: high white blood cell counts
09:09 - How did you find your hematologist?
12:39 - Waiting for results and answers (AKA scanxiety!)
16:47 - Other tips for doctors on how to communicate with patients
18:58 - More communication is key from physicians to patients
20:08 - How did you process news of the cancer diagnosis?
26:19 - What is "watch and wait?"
30:15 - What is the follow-up schedule on active surveillance?
32:08 - Different factors for different people signal the need for CLL treatment
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