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Chelee · 01-21-2010, 11:03 PM

Steph is exactly right. I would of rather been on Neupogen right away then to have my onc lower my dose each wk. I want the most effective dose I can tolerate...& if that means Neupogen that's what she should of been doing from day one.

All my other counts are are ok. Low, but just barely under their norm so far. Platelets are still in normal range . So far the wbc is the only one giving me the biggest problem. But everything will change now that I'm getting the Neupogen. My wbc will be fine now, and it will all my other counts that drop which I'll have to deal with then. I'll find out Monday when I'm due for my next infusion. I hope to stay away from Procrit. I know I got an Iron infusion once my first go around with TCH.

Steph I pick up 3 vials of Neupogen a wk. One vial for each day. My chemo nurse gave me instructions on how to properly self inject. Each vial is one injection. It must of been different when you were getting neupogen. Larger vials of Neupogen probably.

Chelee

01-21-2010, 11:03 PM	#19
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: If you have ever had Navelbine, pls reply. Steph is exactly right. I would of rather been on Neupogen right away then to have my onc lower my dose each wk. I want the most effective dose I can tolerate...& if that means Neupogen that's what she should of been doing from day one. All my other counts are are ok. Low, but just barely under their norm so far. Platelets are still in normal range . So far the wbc is the only one giving me the biggest problem. But everything will change now that I'm getting the Neupogen. My wbc will be fine now, and it will all my other counts that drop which I'll have to deal with then. I'll find out Monday when I'm due for my next infusion. I hope to stay away from Procrit. I know I got an Iron infusion once my first go around with TCH. Steph I pick up 3 vials of Neupogen a wk. One vial for each day. My chemo nurse gave me instructions on how to properly self inject. Each vial is one injection. It must of been different when you were getting neupogen. Larger vials of Neupogen probably. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options. Last edited by Chelee; 01-22-2010 at 02:43 PM.. Reason: Spelling error.