Re febrile neutropenia ... round two

@Zoffiel that is really interesting and useful, thank you! I was distinctly told by the Reg. it was for the side effect of rashes with this new and last 3 rounds of Docetaxil sp?and Herceptin (commencement) and take if required. Then 24 hours later after giving myself the shot to help prevent the neutropenia I felt awful pain from the knees down and then the sacral area. I kept getting into a hot epson salts bath...know it's not good re drying skin but thought it would help. The agitation was also awful.Tried panadol and moved on to the one with codeine but it wasn't much chop. The neutropenia 'preventative' was spoken of a some kind of wonder drug so I wasn't expecting to feel like I was actually growing the white cells myself, one at a time.  Is that the same as Neulasta shots Marg?  I am going to follow your regime.  It's a bugger that the Loratadine isn't on script. I might even change to claratyne and see if it stops my nose running.  Has been like a dripping tap since day 1 chemo. So the day before and 5 days after. Did you find any other painkillers worked? Personally, even on a low dose of oxy in hospital, I found little relief. The only time I had total pain relief was after my total axillary clearance when offered a shot of hydromorphine. Apparently it was available to me on my chart all my stay but I just kept having panadol and then complained it wasn't doing much. The nurse said, oh, well, you can have this! I thought it would make me silly as a 'hard' drug but it just took the pain away. The nurse said it only makes you silly and high if you use it recreationally.  Interesting to know, though I don't know of any recreation shops here selling it!