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Chelee · 12-23-2009, 02:47 PM

At least now I understand "why" my onc is giving me the neupogen verses Neulasta thanks to Becky.

I didn't know about the the Neulasta lasted the 10 days...I just figured as always my onc is trying to make my life as misrable as possible. Running to the cancer center 4 days a wk after this femur surgery is difficult for me due to the pain I'm in. But I'll live with it till I get my insurance company to ok me to do my own injections at home. I started on that process yesterday.

As Colleen mentioned I found out it does come from a speciality pharmacy so it takes a little time to set-up for home delievery. (Darn.) But my husband called his employers benefits office and they are trying to expedite it for me. I can have my husband give me the shots or learn to do them myself...anything is better then driving down there almost daily.

The only concern I have is I noticed last night around 2:30 AM I woke up to my heart beating fast and I could hear my heart beating in my head. It wasn't real loud but drove me nuts. My heart rate shouldn't be up like that at rest...makes me think It's a reaction from the Neupogen? I seem find so far today...but maybe that's because the drug is out of my system? I'll mention it to the chemo nurse and see what she says today when I'm down there.

Chelee

12-23-2009, 02:47 PM	#10
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Re: Neupogen verses Neulasta? At least now I understand "why" my onc is giving me the neupogen verses Neulasta thanks to Becky. I didn't know about the the Neulasta lasted the 10 days...I just figured as always my onc is trying to make my life as misrable as possible. Running to the cancer center 4 days a wk after this femur surgery is difficult for me due to the pain I'm in. But I'll live with it till I get my insurance company to ok me to do my own injections at home. I started on that process yesterday. As Colleen mentioned I found out it does come from a speciality pharmacy so it takes a little time to set-up for home delievery. (Darn.) But my husband called his employers benefits office and they are trying to expedite it for me. I can have my husband give me the shots or learn to do them myself...anything is better then driving down there almost daily. The only concern I have is I noticed last night around 2:30 AM I woke up to my heart beating fast and I could hear my heart beating in my head. It wasn't real loud but drove me nuts. My heart rate shouldn't be up like that at rest...makes me think It's a reaction from the Neupogen? I seem find so far today...but maybe that's because the drug is out of my system? I'll mention it to the chemo nurse and see what she says today when I'm down there. 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.