Me and Leuk - Living with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia CLL

Author: Jim

Tortilla Chips

Just Me

Tortilla chip graph

I went to the gym yesterday and did well. Good enough anyway for a guy whose been sitting on his fanny for months. I did 2 miles on the treadmill and lifted weights. Oh (Read More)

Exercising for Big Climb to raise money to fight leukemia

Causes

Trying to prepare for the Big Climb

At the gym today I managed to do my two miles on the treadmill but I couldn’t get my heart rate up to the usual 120-125 range. I was just too tired to push (Read More)

Caring hands

Me and Leuk

Thanks to the caregivers

Last Friday I exercised in the gym for 1-1/2 hours. The distractions of Summer had pulled me away so I quickly discovered just how out of shape I am! I’ve got a lot of (Read More)

Red blood cells

Me and Leuk

Blood test August 2017

I’m a little late getting this posted. It’s my leukemia blood test results from August 2017. I’m already due to have another one this month (November 2017). Sorry about that. Anyway, it’s looking good. (Read More)

Snow in trees

Just Me

Winter’s back. Me too.

Summer’s done. It’s early November and the snow is already falling. Nothing to complain about though. It was only an inch and it has already started melting away. Since the weather’s less conducive to (Read More)

Dizzy Man

Me and Leuk

Weird head thing

So. I’ve got that strange slightly dizzy feeling in my head again. Not really dizzy, just strange. I think the medical term in Latin is Weirdus Maximus. (That’s not me in the photo BTW.) (Read More)

Just Me

Vandals hit historic Semiahmoo Spit beach

A natural historic site was vandalized this week. Though mostly unknown outside of northwestern Washington Semiahmoo Spit is rich in history and loved by locals. But now the peaceful Semiahmoo Park beach, where people (Read More)