A Five Year Grace Period?

I went to my hematologist appointment last week. He took my blood and got the test result.  He examined me.  He worked on his computer,  rattled out my medical records, and asked me a bunch of questions.  Then he paused a bit and said that I had CLL, meaning Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, and that by comparing my blood test that day against two months ago, there was very little change in lymphocyte level. He  then mentioned chemotherapy and clinical trial for new drug as two normal treatment options, but that in my case, there was no need for treatment a this time.  What he would do was to keep an eye on my progress less my case might turn aggressive.  So he said come back in October and see what happens.  Then he said: My crystal ball says that perhaps in five years you will be needing some treatment.

I went on line and got a very detailed, 45 pages report on CLL from the American Cancer Society. Now I have a pretty good idea of the animal and understand where I stand. It is a very slow moving disease and some people had lived for even 18 years after diagnosis. At 78, I don't expect to live to 90 but who knows. So do I have a five-year grace period as the doctor speculated?  Maybe.  Things may still turn serious in the meantime.  I will research for some lifestyle changes that may help me beat this thing in the meantime.

I am doing the Ping Shuai Gong every morning for 10 minutes and I will gradually increase this exercise to three times a day. This is a very simple exercise: you just stand up, raise both arms in front to shoulder level, and swing down and then up; that is one time. Every fifth time you bend your knees slightly twice: once when you swing your arms down and once when you swing your arms back up. In 10 minutes you would be swinging your arms 500 times. While you are doing that, you could keep your eyes close and focus your sensitivity on your arms' movement.