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Re: Neulasta and eating difficulties
Hi - I'm still new here, but I've taken Neulasta after each of my TCH treatments. My onc recommends Claritin, without the decongestant, twice a day for 3-5 days starting the day of the shot. It helps with the overall flu-like symptoms. I don't know if it will help your sister, but I don't think it could hurt. Maybe if she felt better her attitude would improve; mine always does.
My appetite has not decreased. I still get hungry, but nothing tastes right for about two weeks after the treatment. That includes water, which tastes very bitter. I have to force myself to drink, but since I don't absorb properly due to GI problems, my onc has started giving me IV fluids. I get fluids the day of my shot, then two or three days later and again on my follow up visit a week after treatment. It has helped me enormously. Maybe you should ask if this is an option for your sister. Also, prescription Lomotil is more effective than Immodium.
Best of luck to you both.
Lynne
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Bilateral mastectomy w/sentinel node biopsies, December 20, 2013
12 nodes positive; stage IIIb
Began chemo January 21, 2014
Priors:
Partial colectomy, January 1996
Radical colectomy, March 1996
Crohn's & GERD
Gluten sensitivity
Chronic anemia from GI bleeding
Relapsing polychondritis w/tracheomalacia and neuropathy in feet
Vasculitis
Sjogren's syndrome
Rosacea and ocular rosacea
Hypertension
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