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... in response to Hairy Cell Leukemia Prognosis
  1. Debbie McCullough Debbie McCullough United States says:

    Greetings. I am now 54 years old, female and was treated for Hairy cell leukemia 13 years ago with a 7 day drip of Cladribine. For the last 3 months I have become very weak and so tired, I have left thigh burning and numbness, I get daily headaches and my ribs feel like they are being pushing, especially while reclining in a reclining chair. I also get very sweaty, most times at night and while doing simple house cleaning chores. I have not lost a lot of weight, in fact I have been exercising about 30 minutes each morning to reduce my weight. I have been traveling as a volunteer to teach English as a second language throughout Asia and the middle east for the last 12 years. I returned in July 2014 to USA. I have no health insurance and no income other than an occasional request for house cleaning in the area which I am living in, so in short, I want to be sure before I do go to the doctor's that there is a cause to worry because I just can't afford the doctor bills. Could my symptoms be a relapse of Hairy cell leukemia? Does weight gain instead of weight lose rule out the possibility? I could really use some professional advice along with possible answers to why I am having these health issues. I have been searching a lot on the internet and yet to find weight gain as being apart of my HCL, everything points to weight lose and nothing mentions left thigh burning as being one of the symptoms yet I did read some personal stories of people with HCL and several mentioned left thigh burning after treatment but my in my case, 13 years seems weird for such a delayed reaction. Thank you and hope to hear from you soon. God bless

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