Re: anemia after chemo therapy

[Guest guest]

It would be a good idea to get checked out by a CLL expert

doctor. MD Cancer Center in Houston, Texas has one

of the leading CLL doctors in the U.S. His name is Dr.

Keating. They also have several other doctors that

specialize in CLL. You might want to look into this.

Check out the CLL Research Consortium online. It has a list

of the 6 or 7 other cancer centers in the USA that have a

CLL specialty. UCSD (La Jolla, CA) is one & Mayo Clinic

(Rochester, MN & Arizona) is another.

Also you can go to http://cll.acor.org/DRdoctors.html to get

a list of all the CLL doctors in the USA.

Good luck - - - Patti

>

> I have B cell CLL diagnosed in 1994. In 2010 at age 75 I

> was treated with the FCR regimen. My last treatment was

> June 2010. I had good response. My bone morrow has not fully

> recovered from the chemo treatment in one year. All my CBC

> numbers are low. The H & H is never above the Medicare

> allowed <10 and <30 therefore I am taking Procrit shots

> every two weeks and being told, " We hit the bone morrow hard

> and we just have to wait for it to start functioning

> better " . Has anyone experienced a year making this

> recovery?

>

> I live in west Texas and would like to find a doctor in the

> Dallas, TX area who specializes in CLL for a second opinion.

[Guest guest]

YuVonna,

I can highly recommend:

Dr. Artim

701 West Leuda Street

Ft. Worth, TX 76104

(817) 921-9648

I have had CLL since 2001, I was treated with FCR at MD

in 2004 was in remission until July 2007. My

platelets have never recovered from the FCR and in October

of 2007 I developed ITP.

I was treated in 2008 and 2009 at UT Southwestern in Dallas

with Rituxan and had a severe reaction both times. Since

early 2010 I have seen Dr Artim and have received Rituxan

infusions with no reaction, for me he is the best doctor

I've had since I was diagnosed in 2001. He is very

knowledgeable regarding CLL.

Tipton age 66