This disease is confusing, even to people who have dealt with cancer before. In fact, I just tried a new cancer app, made by people who have had cancer, and they have CLL classified as Leukemia. I wrote to express the importance of filing it under Lymphoma, which you can read about in the “who cares” section if it’s of concern to you. So if it’s perplexing to people who have been through a type of cancer, imagine how confusing it is when you’re new to it. via GIPHY If you don’t care about this kind of thing, and you don’t know anyone with CLL, you should probably skip this post. I’m writing it specifically for friends who ask about it, so I have a link to send people. It’s an energy thing. Everything I can do to conserve my energy I am doing. This seems to be helping… Anyway, right now, I’m just going to go over What CLL is What Leukemia and Lymphoma are, and, Why CLL is now classified as a Lymphoma, even though it’s technically still Leukemia. — and all in as plain English as I possibly can. CLL stands for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, that’s the type of Lymphoma I have. It’s a slower moving, or indolent cancer. You’ve probably noticed that it has the word “Leukemia” in it. We’re coming back to that. The difference between Leukemia and Lymphoma Leukemia is cancer of the body’s blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic system. That sounds

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