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by jlnewell
Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:08 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Spleen and liver enlargement after Neulasta
Replies: 7
Views: 1732

Re: Spleen and liver enlargement after Neulasta

I am not sure how helpful this will be to build your case, but I took Neulasta 4 or 5 times over the course of my 8 FOLFOX treatments (February to June 2016). When I completed my treatments and did the follow up CT scan at the end of June 2016, it was noted that my spleen was enlarged. I didn’t do ...
by jlnewell
Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:42 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Chemotherapy Journey
Replies: 59
Views: 9464

Re: Chemotherapy Journey

My wife also having problems with low WBC, RBC , NEU, PLT and everything else. She started chemo on Oct 18 supposed to be every 12 days chemo then pump for 48 hrs. She had first 2 treatments then her blood counts were too low to proceed. Waited 2 weeks started again, Dr. started Neulasta and got blo...
by jlnewell
Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:32 am
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Spleen and liver enlargement after Neulasta
Replies: 7
Views: 1732

Re: Spleen and liver enlargement after Neulasta

Thank you for your reply, Lee. My wife is 70 we live about 50 miles north of Tulsa and go to Bartlesville where the hospital is part of a much larger health care system in Tulsa (St. John Medical Center) they are part of Oklahoma Cancer Specialists and Research Institute. This is their brochure desc...
by jlnewell
Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:58 pm
Forum: Colon Talk - Colon cancer (colorectal cancer) support forum
Topic: Spleen and liver enlargement after Neulasta
Replies: 7
Views: 1732

Spleen and liver enlargement after Neulasta

This is my first post and we were completely ignorant about cancer until it reared its ugly face during emergency surgery in August, Stage III-b. My wife is having problems with all blood counts being low especially platelets and neutrophils. Half of the time she cannot take her chemo because her le...

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