<p>I have decided to participate in a clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC, to receive a combination treatment with two drugs - Cladribine and Rituximab. Particularly for any other HCL patients out there, this might be a helpful, brief primer into how the two drugs work.</p>

I have decided to participate in a clinical trial at the National Institutes of Health in Washington DC, to receive a combination treatment with two drugs - Cladribine and Rituximab. Particularly for any other HCL patients out there, this might be a helpful, brief primer into how the two drugs work.

Diagnosis - Part II

In July 2016, a few weeks before my 25th birthday, I was diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia - a chronic, slow-growing blood cancer. Thankfully, HCL has a good prognosis. I'll be flying to Washington DC to participate in a clinical trial for HCL patients at the NIH. This podcast will be a diary of my treatment experience, as well as a place to explore some of the questions that this diagnosis has brought up for me: How do I cope with being faced with my mortality? How do I live with a chronic illness without letting it take over my life? What lessons can I take from this experience?

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Diagnosis - Part II

Diagnosis - Part II