Persistent back pain after bone marrow test

Posted by reevesk @reevesk, Jun 16, 2020

Has anyone experienced persistent back pain Feels like trying to lock up after bone marrow test and chemo? Test was done in nov chemo finished in April. Also Any physical activity such as I was installing laminate in a bedroom and after next day feels like when I try and walk my feet hurt and I can barely move until I get to walking around for a while?

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bradmm | @bradmm | Jun 22, 2020

BTW, she's had many bone marrow biopsies and aspirations but, when done at MD Anderson, it was very easy. No meds before or after and no problem. The one or two she had done at places who don't do them as frequently, she had more problems. We think her back pain is probably due to the Granix they are giving her to help with her transplant grafting, it's a common side effect.

bradmm | @bradmm | Jun 25, 2020

Here's her doctor's reply:
"I suspect the G-CSF she is getting to stimulate wbc growth is the culprit much like what her son/donor experienced when he received G-CSF as part of the donation. The marrow is hopefully expanding likely at a more than normal pace though her bone cannot expand with is as it is a solid, rigid structure; hence the marrow inside expanding causes pressure and the pain."

The donor was our son and he experienced pain in his leg as the prepared him for the transplant. I wasn't aware at the time that they were stimulating his cell growth, also, which is why he had to be at the hospital the 5 days preceding the procedure.