Told today mastectomy of my right breast
Shall I say that I'm scared, that's a given
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Sorry to hear you have had an awful time @michelle49.
You will probably have the Neulasta injection each time from now on to get your white blood cells up.
If you do go into hospital again, tell the nurses you had the Neulasta injection after chemo because your white cells can go way up and they panic that you have an infection. Mine went from 0.2 before injection to 30 a few days after it.
My Oncologist prescribed antibiotics for me to take on day 4 after my last round of chemo (Docetaxol) because for each of the previous two rounds I ended up in hospital with high temps.
Taking the antibiotics stopped me having to be admitted, they started to climb on the evening of day 4 and day 5, but 2 Panadol kept them down and they didn't go up again.
Like you nothing showed as the cause in the CT scans, multiple blood tests, urine tests and faecal tests they did while I was in hospital.
If your temps go up again next time, perhaps suggest it to your Onc, it might save you a trip across the road for the following ones.
And beware of vaginal thrush infections after the strong antibiotics they give you in hospital.
I don't know if my following side effects were better in the second and third rounds, or whether I was expecting them and managed them better, but it did get a bit easier.
Good luck with your next round and keep telling them what side effects you are experiencing.
My Oncologist got a foolscap list on every follow up visit.
You will probably have the Neulasta injection each time from now on to get your white blood cells up.
If you do go into hospital again, tell the nurses you had the Neulasta injection after chemo because your white cells can go way up and they panic that you have an infection. Mine went from 0.2 before injection to 30 a few days after it.
My Oncologist prescribed antibiotics for me to take on day 4 after my last round of chemo (Docetaxol) because for each of the previous two rounds I ended up in hospital with high temps.
Taking the antibiotics stopped me having to be admitted, they started to climb on the evening of day 4 and day 5, but 2 Panadol kept them down and they didn't go up again.
Like you nothing showed as the cause in the CT scans, multiple blood tests, urine tests and faecal tests they did while I was in hospital.
If your temps go up again next time, perhaps suggest it to your Onc, it might save you a trip across the road for the following ones.
And beware of vaginal thrush infections after the strong antibiotics they give you in hospital.
I don't know if my following side effects were better in the second and third rounds, or whether I was expecting them and managed them better, but it did get a bit easier.
Good luck with your next round and keep telling them what side effects you are experiencing.
My Oncologist got a foolscap list on every follow up visit.