It seems that the more research that is done on these two diseases that more and more specialists are admitting that basicly these two diseases are one and the same. I realize that this will be disputed but i have recently read that it would be advisable for those of us who have cll to have test run to determine if we actually have nhl. It seems that if we do in fact have cll it may turn into nhl later on in its developement. I plan on requesting the VA to test me to see if i may have nhl instead of cll. They may say no to the tests but if you insist they usually will relent and do it. In fact the tests for cll and nhl may be about the same. I believe i read about this on hadit.com but i am not sure---my memory fails me too often.image