Re: Re: leg pain

I take shots of Neupogen. They always make my groin area and
 my legs achey and
tired, but has been very successful in keeping my white
count at good levels. I gave
myself 10 shots (one a day) after my first 2 rounds of AC.
Then my onc doc cut it
back to 7 days/shots for round 3, none for round 4, and the
achiness gradually
lessened. I just started Taxol on 1/4 after surgery, and now
I'm at 5 days/shots
after each treatment and the symptoms came back. I'm
hoping/expecting when I finish
chemo, these pains will go away.
judi

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> In a message dated 1/10/2007 12:01:55 PM Eastern
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> ibc-requestibcsupport.org writes:
> Hello All,
> 
> I received my first treatment of Taxol on Friday
1/05/06.  After my first 
> for treatments and after the treatment on Friday I
received a lunesta (not 
> sure of the spelling) shot to increase my white blood
count.  This Sunday, 
> Monday, Tuesday and today I am experiencing shoting
pains in my thighs and 
> hips.  Has anyone else had this happen to them and if
so how long did it 
> last.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Karla
> Dear Karla
> 
> I believe you had Neulasta. I had a similar shot of
Heupogen. I felt terrible 
> leg pains thlized it was my bone marrow producing what
I needed to keep my 
> counts good. For me it lasted about 4 days. Hope this
helps
> 
> Betsy Stang
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Hi, folks -

In case you wondered ....

Why many people have significant pain in their hips, long
bones, and/or 
vertabrae when getting Neupogen or Neulasta is that both
meds force stem 
cells out of your bone marrow at a rate that's medically
acceptable but 
faster than your body normally shoots those little puppies
out of your 
bone marrow.  To get from the marrow out to your blood
stream is kinda 
complicated (not putting anybody down, I just don't have
time to explain 
right now) and results in the bone pain. 

***NOTE:  BEWARE! INCREDIBLY GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION
FOLLOWS!***

Why it's mostly these particular bones is that we have the
most marrow 
in the biggest bones.  When the docs use actual bone marrow
for 
transplants, they actually bore holes into the iliac crest
(top of the 
"hip bone" above your butt) and suck the bone
marrow out with a vacuum 
device.  That's because they can get the most bang for each
bore there 
since the most marrow is there, relatively speaking.

***END INCREDIBLY GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION***

HTH.

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