Volleen White is a Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, B-Cell type, Stage 4 patient. She was diagnosed in 2007 and was in watch and wait status until 2018 when she began Rituxan antibody treatment weekly for 8 weeks. Her condition improved a few months later, but remission was not achieved. Now, two years later she is doing well, but is back in watch and wait status again. More treatment should not be necessary for several years. At age 77 she is a survivor and a fighter.
Volleen is a retired Registered Nurse. She graduated in 1964 and worked full time until she retired. She got her RN from St. Mark’s School of Nursing and Westminster College in Utah. She did part-time studies and got her BS in Psychology at St Joseph’s College in Maine and did Post Graduate work obtaining a PhD many years later. She continues to study and learn new things every day.
She worked in many areas in the hospitals, especially the Operating Room for about 20 years, and Obstetrics for about 3 years. She worked in Home Health for many years as a Psychiatric Nurse and was Director of Nursing for a large Medical Clinic for 5 years.
She says she really enjoyed helping people.
She is now looking forward to helping people through her association with Patient Empowerment Network as a CLL Survivor and advocate.
Connect with Volleen, our CLL Empowerment Lead volleenw@yahoo.com