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Hello. My name is Jenny and I live on the NSW/Vic Border. I have gone to post in here a couple of times but backed out. Denial maybe? On Wednesday I was officially given the diagnosis of BC. I hav...
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Loratadine @TabooGal Chemist warehouse has a generic brand, just ask them where it is. Don't get side tracked and buy a different chemical, even Claratyne has a couple of different formula. Some oncologists prescribe it for patients having taxol type chemo to help alleviate rashes, the bone pain I'm talking about comes with the Neulasta shot.
I don't know if they will give you that first round or wait to see how your white cell count goes. It's a question worth asking. If you know you will be having it, start the antihistamines the day before chemo and take one a day for a week.
Another thing with the Neulasta, some practices send you home with the syringe and tell you to self administer it 24 hours post treatment. If you don't want to jab yourself, tell them you will pop back into their shiny private facility the next day and have a nurse do it. Life is traumatic enough if you hate needles without having to give yourself one when there is another option
I don't know if they will give you that first round or wait to see how your white cell count goes. It's a question worth asking. If you know you will be having it, start the antihistamines the day before chemo and take one a day for a week.
Another thing with the Neulasta, some practices send you home with the syringe and tell you to self administer it 24 hours post treatment. If you don't want to jab yourself, tell them you will pop back into their shiny private facility the next day and have a nurse do it. Life is traumatic enough if you hate needles without having to give yourself one when there is another option