Throbbing back pains.

The Filgraatim injection caused me to have bone pain in my back, hips and shoulders. My oncologist said this was because this injection stimulates the bone marrow to produce more stem cells and these are primarily made in the large bones of the lips, thighs, back and shoulders, and would be worse around 7 days after chemo and unforrtunately may happen with every cycle.  The bone pain was more intense when my treatment changed to Docataxel. Try a combination of paracetamol and ibuprofen to mamage the pain and mention it to your oncologist at your next appointment

hi  yes on the chemo thread  ( i dont know how to link ) but you can usualllu see in chat section   you will find a lot of people have dreadful pain from those injections , i certainly did throbbing back pain  like nothing before or since   i found on the chemo thread   advice  to take a hayfever tablet  loratadine    before injection and it did help    i dont know how  or why   but it did work

Yup, filgrastim whilst on docetaxel was quite painful for me but... it got better!

I had filgrastim for 10 days every docetaxel cycle.

It was worst the first cycle; really sore and achey for several days. It improved every cycle after that. Cycle 1 I had achey pain for about 7 days, whereas cycles 3 and 4 the achey pain was for only 1.5 days - much better.

Sitting in a warm bath helped enormously. The pain just vanished.

Paracetemol didn't do much for it but dihydrocodeine sorted it enough to sleep ok, and that got me through.

Thankyou. I'll be prepared for the next time. It was just one night of bad pains but I've got 4 more treatments to come including 3 docetaxol . I wondered if doing too much walking had made it worse. 

Yes it’s probably the filgastrim, we all seem to suffer with it one way or another, I’ve dropped down to 5 injections now x

Thanks .It seems that I have been lucky that it was only one night ....4 sessions to go including 3 docetaxol. I'll be prepared.x

Maybe but I do find that gentle walking eases it a bit, the docetaxel can make you ache too, just had my second dose and waking up is hard work, takes a long time to get going, I’ve been lucky in that I haven’t had extreme reactions (touch wood) but I’ve had lots of minor things that have cumulatively dragged me down x