[ElaineM]

First of all congratulations on the tumor markers !! I am so happy for you !! Terrific News !!!!!!!!!!
You, Pam and TriciaK are our Halaven trail blazzers for sure !!
I never needed those drugs for white blood counts, because I have been working with a naturopathic physician who has helped keep my blood counts reasonable the last 12 1/2 years.
I am not sure what to do about the bone pain either, because I never needed anything for pain related to cancer treatment.
I wonder if adding some calcium, vitamin D and magnesium and eating healthy food for the the bones and bone marrow where blood cells are made would strengthen the bones and bone marrow enough to eliminate the pain?
Do you want to talk to a nutritionist, naturopathic physician or integrative medicine M.D. about that?
Another idea would be to use pain patches on the areas that hurt like Salonpas, or other patches with menthol or heat. The patches can be found at many pharmacies. However one cannot use them for more than 6-8 hours at a time. Occassionally I simply apply a little Vicks (same ingredients as the patches) and use a heating pad set on low or medium on a painful area for a few minutes to reduce occassional pain from osteoarthritis.
Warm or hot showers help for muscle related pain too.