I had the Neulasta injection after I had neutropenia after the first FEC. I then had them after all the next 5 chemo infusions.
Clarytyne starting the morning before the Neulasta and continued for 4-5 days reduced the bone pain to bearable and treatable with just Panadol. The chemo gave me bone pain anyway.
I did still have a short issue with Neutropaenia with FEC inspite of the Neulasta, but it was resolved by the blood test the day before the next dose.
It was when switching to Docetaxol that I really had problems.
My temperatures rose on day 4 evening and I ended up in hospital on IV antibiotics for 10 days the first dose and 4 days the second. CTscans, faecal and urine tests and multiple blood tests every day showed nothing. But my body apparently had a strange way of building the white blood cells back up giving low readings for mature cells but okay for the others. The Oncologist was concerned but we decided to push ahead as planned and I got through okay.
I was on oral antibiotics for the last Docetaxel just to prevent the temp rise which mostly worked.
