Marie... I received an reply from 'My Leukemia. Yes, the drugs are more substantial than I would let on to be. There are possibilities for physical and physiological side effect, some short time, some long time, and sometimes permanent. We've been getting an unusually large amounts of rain lately... I have some tomato plants that are taller than me... that's a six foot fence.

Salim... I have built up.my stamina quite a bit, doing gardening and some landscaping, and I sure am eating much more healthy. .... hence the large garden of fresh vegetables.

I see both my PCP and my Oncologist soon, and will need to make sure my heart problem hasn't returned and what is the cause of my lower gastrointestinal struggles.

Michael
You need to do vigorous exercise for 5 days a week for at least 20 minutes each. Also eat lots of fruits and vegetables every day and drink at least 64 ounces of water.
Try this for a week. You will feel a lot better

I think chem brain or chemicals which affect the brain is not something that clears in a short time? The drugs may be entrenched to the cells which causes the chemo brain thinking loss. I think when the tissue is clean the thinking process will be better? Exposure to chemo drugs are affecting the brain which is now an ill affect.

I have been off CALQUENCE for a few months now, slowly feeling like my old self. Energy slowly coming back