Postby boxhill » Wed Aug 15, 2018 3:44 pm
Like you, after my first two cycles of FOLFOX I had to take two weeks off waiting for first my platelets then my WBC/neutrophils to rebound to treatable levels. Since then I've been getting a shot of Neulasta when my pump is disconnected, and expect to do so from now on. It has worked beautifully in keeping my WBC count and neutrophils up. I wish there was an equivalent for platelets!
It is important to take claritin daily to combat the histamines that can result--for me-- in severe throbbing pain in the back of the pelvis and breastbone. Even with claritin I've had to take ibuprofen a few times, but it isn't much of a problem. WIthout claritin--I failed to take it the first time--it was nasty.
F, 64 at DX CRC Stage IV
3/17/18 blockage, r hemi
11 of 25 LN,5 mesentery nodes
5mm liver met
pT3 pN2b pM1
BRAF wild, KRAS G12D
dMMR, MSI-H
5/18 FOLFOX
7/18 and 11/18 CT NED
12/18 MRI 5mm liver mass, 2 LNs in porta hepatis
12/31/18 Keytruda
6/19 Multiphasic CT LNs normal, Liver stable
6/28/19 Pause Key, predisone for joint pain
7/31/19 Restart Key
9/19 CT stable
Pain: all fails but Celebrex
12/23/19 CT stable
5/20 MRI stable/NED
6/20 Stop Key
All MRIs NED