CLL and living well on “watch and wait”

The aim of this webinar is to explore the psychological, general health and wellbeing challenges that you may encounter when living on active monitoring (watch and wait).

1 September 2023

On Friday 1st September at 3:30pm, we’ll be looking at how diet, physical activity, sleep and rest can make a difference in improving your day to day quality of life when living with CLL. We’ll also explore how to minimise risks such as infection control, and look at how certain methods can be incorporated into your daily life.

Register for the webinar

We will be joined by

  • Dr Scott Marshall, Consultant Haematologist, City Hospitals Sunderland Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Helen Knight, CLL CNS, Nottingham Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Mike Norris, Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner, NHS Durham and Darlington Talking Therapies

How do I join the webinar? 

The webinar is being hosted on Zoom and Facebook, meaning you can choose a platform to suit you. Zoom is the best place to ask questions, but if you join via Facebook we will try and get all the questions sent over to our panel; however, please expect a delay.

Information on how to join via Zoom or Facebook is below. 

Watch via Zoom

To join via Zoom, all you need to do is register your attendance before the webinar starts. You will then receive an email inviting you to join the webinar on the day.

Watch via Facebook

To join via Facebook, all you need is a Facebook account. Once logged in head to Leukaemia Care’s Facebook page at the time of the webinar and find the live video (it will be at the top of our feed).

Please note, we will not be able to give individual medical advice. You will be directed to your own clinical team if we cannot answer your question in the webinar.

Due to the large amount of registrants, we cannot guarantee that everyone’s questions will be answered, but we will try and do our best in the time frame that we have.

If you have any issues registering via Zoom or issues on the day, please get in touch by emailing support@leukaemiacare.org.uk.

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