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@pbprice, I can understand your worry about not being able to get your scheduled chemotherapy because...
scheduled chemotherapy because of low ... white blood cells. ... that your oncologist knows that the chemo
Support Group: Cancer
Posted: Oct 10, 2019
Claire, I’m happy you’re able to get the virtual visit. At least you’ll be able to...
hospital last year for the initial chemo ... The chemo nurses were so caring and ... truly, became my family while I was ... the blood count is low. ... blood cells and it’s quick rise back
Posted: Jun 17, 2020
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unseen enemy and the blindness of a blood ... I am feeling desperate to have my chemo ... children, Until cancer laid him low ... significant implications of 14 July blood ... told me she did not want any more blood
Posted: Oct 18, 2021
@collegeprof I actually have low potassium! My oncologist feels it is a result of the 80mg...
@collegeprof I actually have low potassium ... except an ice cream cone once in a while ... My energy is better, the blood cancer ... is due to the dialysis cleaning my blood ... /system, and allowing the chemo medications
Support Group: Kidney & Bladder
Posted: May 22, 2023
I started Tagrisso last December after my lung cancer metastasized to my brain. My particular non-smoker's...
I had some dry skin issues for a while ... My sodium level fell so low my Oncologist ... My WBC is still low, but my doctor doesn ... I get a blood test every month. ... nearby lymph node, so four rounds of chemo
Support Group: Lung Cancer
Posted: May 21, 2021
Welcome to Mayo Connect, @jess786. It’s encouraging to hear that your son is now in remission...
have gone through repeated rounds of chemo ... Long term and maintenance chemo are ... Chemo is really hard on the body and ... 20%28ALL%29,effects%2C%20such%20as%20low ... %20white%20blood%20cell%20counts.
Wow, @kristenwhittle, Your mom is a force!! She’s in the hospital where she’ll be watched closely...
undergoing the chemo treatments. ... They’re the immature white blood cells ... She will go through a very low period ... where all her blood counts are down ... pushing my chemo IV with me.
Posted: Sep 21, 2023
Clearly, what we do to stay safe as society emerges from lockdown will vary greatly based...
At about six weeks post-chemo, my white ... blood cells are now recovered to normal ... read that it can take 6-9 months post-chemo ... especially for the next 7 or 8 months while ... reconnect with, as we are both at low
Support Group: Asthma
Posted: Apr 23, 2020
My wife completed the 15th and mid point of radiation today. Temodar for chemo also at...
Temodar for chemo also at the mid point ... getting more tired and even though her white ... blood cell and platelet counts are ... on the low side, they are not significantly ... bowels, evidently a result of the chemo
Support Group: Brain Tumor
Posted: Aug 29, 2023
@jk77 , I'm not sure if your insurance will cover it, but there's a push to...
theory is that if ice constricts the blood ... vessels while chemo is at its peak ... 1) Laser helmets -- supposedly low ... frequency red light improves blood ... cells and kill more of them. 2) Low-dose
I would like some help deciding how I should discuss future treatments for my high grade...
therapy due to a side effect of severe low ... white blood cell counts. ... The Oncologist wants to continue my chemo
Hi Brad, I was thinking about you and your wife today, wondering how things were going....
a more normal number, 12.0 on the low ... That will take quite a while to recover ... Mostly it was the low energy, lethargy ... in part from my initial 3 months of chemo ... I hesitate to write this in an open
Hi @rod54 Sorry to hear you’re also needing chemo. One of my chemo nurses used to...
Sorry to hear you’re also needing chemo ... One of my chemo nurses used to jokingly ... Unfortunately, while it’s knocking cancer ... sores, gut issues, hair loss, nausea, low ... blood numbers and fatigue.
Posted: Mar 30, 2023
I had chemo that didn’t work for Pancreatic cancer- so the just put me in this...
I had chemo that didn’t work for Pancreatic ... had horrendous side effects and the white ... blood cells were so low they put me
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Posted: Oct 12, 2022
I had four rounds of Adriamycin with Cytoxan every two weeks and then Taxol weekly for...
Two nights after my first chemo, I went ... different anti-nausea drip; when my blood ... The next week, my white blood cell count ... was low, so I was told to keep an eye ... A week after my second chemo, I woke
Sharyn, it’s good you’re on the antibiotics. But if you don’t notice an improvement in another...
cells, white blood cells, or platelets ... Are they marked high or low on the CBC ... until your platelets are at 10,000 is low ... about giving up knife juggling for a while ... that might be palatable when I was on chemo
Posted: Oct 2, 2022
Hi @majid12 I sure wish there was another way to treat the Acute myeloid Leukemia for...
The chemo kills fast growing cells. ... reproducing, out of control, defective blood ... nose because her platelet level is low ... platelet transfusion and possibly a blood ... Those are often necessary while undergoing
Posted: Sep 20, 2022
@pcallier, sometimes chemo will be postponed due to low blood counts. With low platelets, you may...
@pcallier, sometimes chemo will be postponed ... due to low blood counts. ... If your platelets are low, your white ... blood cells that fight infection may ... platelets due to chemo for other cancer
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Posted: Nov 16, 2022
Good morning, @wyom1998 Don’t despair! I know this is a crumby period being only 5 days...
week you’ll continue to be in a very low ... It’s from the conditioning chemo. ... at some point in the next week your blood ... as your marrow starts producing new blood ... The white blood cells will rush to the
Posted: Feb 28, 2022