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Living with lung cancer - Introduce yourself & come say hi
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Hi Merry. I did go to the ER for 7 hours! They did a chest X-Ray and chest CT and EKG but could not come up with a good reason for the pain. They tried their best to keep me isolated. Finished my second round of Chemo on Friday and still not feeling well, bloating, nausea, coughing. They started me on the Granix shots. I have gotten two and need 3 more. Not sure if that is adding to the unwell feeling. Doctor has me set up for another PET scan on 3-8. If there is no improvement I am not sure what he will advise. He gave me the impression there is no protocol fir this. I would probably see if I could get in to see Wakelee at Stanford again. I see that MD Anderson has partnered with Scripps down by San Diego. My daughter lives down there but do I want to travel, start all over and inconvenience them? Will wait to see what the PET shows. Thanks for checking on me.
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@margot69- Hi!! Isn't the ER a joy? I hate going there but sometimes it's the only alternative. What does your Oncologist say about your chest pain? Is it the cancer? I'm sorry that you aren't feeling better. Chemo is pretty grueling, tiring and chancy. But you are hanging in there and I'm glad! The Granix helps keep your white blood cells from dipping to low.
I found this about the side effects that you might incur from it; https://www.rxlist.com/granix-side-effects-drug-center.htm
I know that you don't want to travel, and that it's even more difficult when you feel ill, but please reconsider this. You have cancer Margot- you can inconvenience your daughter for it. I'm sure that this feeling is only on your side. I don't think that it would be starting all over. Your present dr. will transfer your info and the new dr will go from there. Isn't it worth it? Of course you can chose not to do anything, you do have options. But I know that you don't want to do that, well at least I'm hoping that you don't. Please let me know the results of the PET scan!