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They found a mass: How do you cope with anxiety and all the tests etc?
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Nov 25, 2022 | Replies (157)Comment receiving replies
@loula How frightening for you! The pain did go away after a short time, though? Something similar happened to me when I was receiving rituxan for my autoimmune disease. The nurses sent me off to the ER and I checked out fine and it never happened again. The doctor said it was an infusion reaction—the drug was going in too fast.
We’re you monitored by the nurses during this time?
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@loula Here is a symptom tracker that may be helpful. The infusion center may have similar things to use.
Also, ask the nurses what you can expect while you are getting the infusion. Remember, you’re a strong woman and you can advocate for yourself and be good at it!
Let me know how everything goes.
https://www.keytruda.com/static/pdf/symptomtracker.pdf
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Hello Becky
It was a very scary event, there was probably 4 inches of keytruda left and my sister was there, I said omg there is unbelievable pain going down both my arms I sat up from the bed and all of a sudden it starts going across my chest my sister looked out the door a flagged the nurse she said I should of told her sooner but it happened so quickly, I said give me the steroid injection now and it went away, but they never did a ekg or nothing. now I'm scared the 21st to have this again, it did not do that the 1st time when they used my arm this was the 1st time of using this port and I am not sure I care for this port. I will be talking to the doctor before I go for the treatment. your right it may have been on to high of drip. do you still take that drug ?