[Becky]

As you can see from my signature, I used Leukine as my white blood cell booster instead of Neulasta during chemo. I chose and fought to do this as Leukine boosts all white cell components, most notably the dendrites. Neulasta boosts the neutrophils primarily which fight infection. I wanted dendrites as they are the scouts who find all abnormalities. Then they code it and prompt the killer T cell production. This assists in either self vaccination (my goal as I was not in a vaccine study) or assists immune response in a vaccine study.

The only thing with Leukine is the first shot, and only the first shot, can make you extremely weak. I was almost incapacitated. It never happened again and I had to have a shot a day for 10 days after every round of chemo. It was scary but again, only the first shot and it is rare side effect. You should be aware though. You may also get a couple of hives near the injection site after time goes on. This is supposedly a good thing. I was happy to get them as it shows an immune resonse which is what you are going for. If you have any other questions, let me know.