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Susan Rankin · 06-20-2006, 07:37 PM

Chelee,

I have experienced low platelets for about twenty years (around 125). When I got breast cancer and started chemo, my platelets started dropping. With the chemo they would go down a little bit more, I would have to go back home and return in a week to see if they were building back up. My platelets never got below 70, but my oncologist would not give me chemo when they were in the 70's. They were the lowest when I was taking Taxol, I was a month late finishing up chemo due to my platelets being too low. When I started Herceptin they have stayed in the 90's and high 80's and one time 121. My other blood counts are normal.

Hang in there. The platelets will go back up. The chemo is so hard on our body. I was never offered Neumega, in fact, I was always told there was not anything you could take to build platelets except for a transfusion. I have never heard of Neumega until you mentioned it.

Susan

06-20-2006, 07:37 PM	#17
Susan Rankin Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Concord, NC Posts: 30	Low Platelet Count - Neumega Chelee, I have experienced low platelets for about twenty years (around 125). When I got breast cancer and started chemo, my platelets started dropping. With the chemo they would go down a little bit more, I would have to go back home and return in a week to see if they were building back up. My platelets never got below 70, but my oncologist would not give me chemo when they were in the 70's. They were the lowest when I was taking Taxol, I was a month late finishing up chemo due to my platelets being too low. When I started Herceptin they have stayed in the 90's and high 80's and one time 121. My other blood counts are normal. Hang in there. The platelets will go back up. The chemo is so hard on our body. I was never offered Neumega, in fact, I was always told there was not anything you could take to build platelets except for a transfusion. I have never heard of Neumega until you mentioned it. Susan