Neulasta bone pain SOS!

Hi Joey reading your story sounds so similar to mine. I started my chemo last Oct with an expected four rounds of Cyclophoshomide and Taxotere as well. Like you I also had severe reactions and was taken off it after almost going unconscious with my third treatment. I also had the Neulasta with that horrible, horrible bone pain. The only thing that worked for me was extremely hot heat packs on both my legs. My husband actually put a microwave in our bedroom to heat them up so that I did not have to struggle to the kitchen. Of course the heavy pain meds also helped me. I had hoped that they would knock me out for the first fews days of each treamtent so that I could sleep away the time but no such luck! I was then changed to weekly Taxol as well. This gave me severe nausea of which I never had with the Taxotere. I found having only one 'good' day each week hard to handle mentally with the weekly treamtents. After breaking down once again to my onc I only needed to have 3 of the Taxols after the 2 Taxoteres & 4 Cyclo. As of last thursday i am finally finished with my radiotherapy. It has been a long six months but I have hopefully kicked this things but! All I can say is stay strong as there is an end, it may not feel like it when you are still in the depths of chemo. You sound like you may be a bit of a character so keep up with your humour. I actually found my chemo days really social, it was the ones after that sucked!!

Re you leg pain I am also experiencing that as well in both my upper legs. They ache during the day but mostly over night which can wake me from my sleep. My onc did not think to much of it but my surgeon said that it may be related to the Taxol, of which I agree. After a lot of internet reading it seems to be a fairly talked about side effect. Here's hoping not one that will last.

Anyway all the best, stay stong.

Mel