On Monday 27, February 2012 I had my second set of infusions with the triple dose of chemo and experienced very little reactions, which I feel were due to the fact that they reduced the amount of Benadryl this time as the full dose gave my a nervous reaction the last few treatments. I still had difficulty sleeping that night but felt good the next day. On a side note Doctor Stone did say that 2 more of these treatments should be the end of this.
Tuesday 28, February 2012 I also had my second Neulasta shot about 4 PM and didn't feel any reaction until about 12 hours later with some pain in my wrists, thankfully the pain in my joints and muscles is minimal this time compared to the first time and Tylenol is working great so I won't have to fill the prescription that the doctor gave me for Hydrocodone-acetaminophen (Vicodin) a narcotic pain reliever.
I will post updates in a couple of days on how I'm doing with this last shot, so far so good :>)
Friday 2, March 2012 update:
I spoke to soon about the pain not being as bad this time as some time during Wednesday night the pain intensified and stayed with me throughout the next day and became even more painful early Friday morning about 2 AM, on a scale of 1-10 this was an easy 10, mostly in my knees and shin bones, by daybreak Friday the pain had subsided to about a 4. As this day continues the better I am feeling, so hopefully the worst is over this time. I WILL be getting the narcotic pain reliever before the next shot in three weeks.
Wednesday 7, March 2012 update:
Today is the best I have felt since the last shot, pretty much back to normal. I had blood work done on Monday and my counts were good and if any thing my white blood cell count was high, so the shot did what it was suppose to do! As a side note, after a month since my first triple dose of chemo the hair loss is in full swing, I should be totally hairless in about a week ;>)
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
Second Phase of Treatments
Today I started the second phase of my treatments, which is getting the same medications as before just a higher dose of the Paclitaxel (Taxol) a three hour infusion vice the one hour. My blood work was very good and I had minimal reactions to the infusions, mainly unable to sleep and heartburn. I will get the Neulasta shot Tuesday afternoon, which stimulates white blood cell production and the most common reaction is joint and muscle pain for about 4 days. I'll get these treatments every three weeks, two or three more times.
I'm scheduled for a CAT Scan Wednesday to see what kind of progress these treatments have done, I'll know the results next Monday. I also have a follow up appointment with the Radiation department Tuesday of next week. I'll update when I know more from these appointments.
I still feel great and have gained 4 more pounds ;>)
Thursday 9 February, 2012 Update:
After the first shot of Neulasta on Tuesday the 7th of February, 2012, I experienced an increase in shortness of breath and stomach cramps the first night and the next day very severe joint pain, mostly in the legs, neck and ribs and occasionally just all over in general, on the third day I still have pain in most of my joints and leg muscles but not as bad as yesterday. Hopefully this will pass on the forth day as I have read. Tylenol has helped make the pain tolerable! The positive aspect to this is that I won't miss my next scheduled chemotherapy infusions.
Wednesday 15 February, 2012
The office visit to the cancer center went well Monday, Doctor Stone said my last CAT Scan showed "significant improvement" :>) also he was impressed with how good my blood work looked since I just had the Neulasta shot. After telling him how that shot effected me he said he will prescribe some pain medication that will work better than Tylenol when I get the next shot on the 28th of this month.
Follow up appointment at the Radiation department was pretty much routine to see how I was feeling and to let me know they want me to get another PET Scan in six weeks. I'll post more after my next chemotherapy on the 27th of this month.
I'm scheduled for a CAT Scan Wednesday to see what kind of progress these treatments have done, I'll know the results next Monday. I also have a follow up appointment with the Radiation department Tuesday of next week. I'll update when I know more from these appointments.
I still feel great and have gained 4 more pounds ;>)
Thursday 9 February, 2012 Update:
After the first shot of Neulasta on Tuesday the 7th of February, 2012, I experienced an increase in shortness of breath and stomach cramps the first night and the next day very severe joint pain, mostly in the legs, neck and ribs and occasionally just all over in general, on the third day I still have pain in most of my joints and leg muscles but not as bad as yesterday. Hopefully this will pass on the forth day as I have read. Tylenol has helped make the pain tolerable! The positive aspect to this is that I won't miss my next scheduled chemotherapy infusions.
Wednesday 15 February, 2012
The office visit to the cancer center went well Monday, Doctor Stone said my last CAT Scan showed "significant improvement" :>) also he was impressed with how good my blood work looked since I just had the Neulasta shot. After telling him how that shot effected me he said he will prescribe some pain medication that will work better than Tylenol when I get the next shot on the 28th of this month.
Follow up appointment at the Radiation department was pretty much routine to see how I was feeling and to let me know they want me to get another PET Scan in six weeks. I'll post more after my next chemotherapy on the 27th of this month.
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