Care for your mental health during CLL treatment

Meet Your Guide
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Michele Nadeem-Baker
Advocate

Michele Nadeem-Baker has lived with CLL for more than a decade. She worked nationally as a broadcast journalist and globally as the chief of communications for a major corporation before stepping down in 2012 to focus on her health and advocacy work. Today, she's a patient representative, providing insight and advice on CLL to the FDA, as well as an advocate who helps patients navigate their care, treatment options, and coping skills.

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Michele Nadeem-Baker, CLL patient advocate, Boston.

CLL Society: “CLL and the Emotional Impact of Watchful Waiting,” “How to Talk To Your Healthcare Team About Cancer Related Fear.” 

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: “Self-Care with a Cancer Diagnosis.” 

Oncology Times: “Emotional Health Needs of Newly Diagnosed CLL Patients.”