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@thesalilsingh, I hope you saw the helpful posts from @ncteacher and @mimimmx. It is hard to...
It is hard to raise the white blood ... protein that stimulates the growth of white ... blood cells in your body and are often ... search=chemo+and+low+white+blood ... treatment and/or reducing some of the chemo
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Posted: Nov 12, 2023
@calistay Good morning! Getting your port is the first step towards moving past this chapter in...
other quickly dividing cells like blood ... While I still felt some nausea, the ... You may hit a very low period mid month ... Because of the decrease in blood cells ... , red/white and platelets, your immune
Posted: Dec 7 10:47am
Hi @lindakay55 I’m so happy that you’ve joined Connect. It’s truly an amazing forum with people...
cells…either Red, white or platelets ... though technically considered a blood ... pill every 4 days is a very, very low ... HU, while listed as a chemo therapy ... is NOT the type of aggressive chemo
Posted: Dec 19 2:45pm
@leeb123 Had the same side effect and MANY more. Have finished chemo and radio. At this...
Have finished chemo and radio. ... my bloodwork results, for example: low ... red blood cell count, hematocrit, low ... treatment, so find out as much as you can while ... you're sitting through a chemo
Support Group: Colorectal Cancer
Posted: Dec 15 2:19pm
In 2020 I started having different health problems - shortness of breath, swelling in legs. Primary...
While on phone with kidney doctor for ... said I had an abnormal protein in my blood ... After the 6 months I went on chemo with ... choice this year of stopping my monthly chemo ... My immune system is very low because
Posted: 4 days ago
@cliffyzman Hi Cliff, I’d always been very healthy and active too. Having watched older relatives pass...
traditional eastern theories for health while ... nurses took of me walking 4 miles a day while ... While not being able to keep up that ... If you’re going through chemo, blood ... dangerously low platelets can be catastrophic
Posted: Oct 9 9:40am
Interesting posts. I went in thinking I may have side effects, but after my first infusion...
Water to wash out that chemo is necessary ... Pancytopenia happened which is the low ... counts on /white, red cells and platelets ... me and i was hospitalized after the blood ... Dangerously low blood counts.
Support Group: Breast Cancer
Posted: Oct 15 4:13pm
My ovarian cancer surgery for stage one was done in August 2012. A complete hysterectomy. In...
drug Avastin on my second round of chemo ... My blood pressure was 200/80. ... Because I had low white and red blood ... negative, I only did four sessions of chemo ... If something shows up, I’ll start chemo
Hi all, I'm following several of these ET threads and find them all very helpful and...
H specialist who told me to take a low-dose ... cancer, he prefers to call it a blood ... I did not want to be on a new chemo ... drug and then have eye surgery while ... my body was adjusting to the chemo
I have a question similar to one posted recently by @bettersleep68. I’m 62 yr. old, favorable...
completed induction and four cycles of chemo ... While I’m in morphological remission ... (fever>100.4 combined with low white ... blood cell count, which usually requires ... dip to the point where you needed blood
@wmt101 After being on Nubeqa For almost 3 years, my ALT has always been low. Usually...
almost 3 years, my ALT has always been low ... that ca temporarily affect all the blood ... While it is possible that Nubeqa Caused ... your ALT to rise it is more likely chemo
We had the Neulasta pods each treatment exactly as described by @lag above. They help with...
with bone marrow suppression from chemo ... produce more neutrophils, one type of white ... blood cell that helps fight infections ... prevent delays in treatment due to low ... blood counts.
Hi! I was on gem/abraxane for four 1/2 months, every other week. Never had a fever,...
I did need the white blood cell boosting ... way, I became anemic so I had one blood ... weak/dizzy and hemoglobin was very low ... On this chemo, most lose all their hair
Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer
Posted: Nov 5 4:22pm
Some basic info about CA19-9 measurement: CA19-9 is a relative number and not compatible to other...
While you may consider 2,000 high in ... your situation, it would be low for ... there is more surface area for the chemo ... available CA19-9 to be released into the blood
Oh goodness, @anitasharma, you have a lot on your mind right now! It can’t be easy...
medication to ‘push’ the production of more blood ... cancer patients who have undergone chemo ... Other patients who have low white blood ... husband may have had this after his chemo
Thank you for responding. If push comes to shove, and my oncologist felt strongly I need...
I've been on several chemo " ... read "low", and some "high ... I think these two new chemo drugs I ... white/red blood cell counts. ... I'm hoping my white blood cell count
Support Group: Gynecologic Cancers
Posted: Sep 15, 2024
I didn't change from the Procrit until my HGB started dropping. As for other treatments, I...
the MF, and my Kidney function is low ... Most of the Chemo drugs have kept me ... poorly, and it certainly lowered my White ... thought the counts are still very low ... The Vonjo has the usual Chemo sides
Posted: Jul 13, 2023
Good luck with the chemo. I just had 3 out of the 6 cycles. Taking Lupron...
Good luck with the chemo. ... diet (4 days before and the day of chemo ... ), which is supposed to lessen chemo ... 5 days after each infusion (I have low ... white blood cells and my insurance
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Aug 9 7:53am
Yes, a physician has to prescribe this drug. It is often the oncologist who ordered the...
often the oncologist who ordered the chemo ... injection is used to treat neutropenia (low ... white blood cells) that is caused by ... blood cells. ... blood cells that fight infections.
Support Group: Prostate Cancer
Posted: Sep 2 1:55pm