GCSF injections

I have been using the GCSF injection with no issues that I am aware of. The type of chemo I am on is vicious, so I attribute all recents trouble to that rather than to the injections. What is making you think it's the GCSF rather than the chemo itself?

Just that it comes on on day 4 so.assume if it was the chemo it would be straight away..I might just be clutching at straws for a solution.

Right, I get it now. I do the GCSF injections on days 2,3,4 and 5. Up until now, around day 5/6 the real hell starts every time, lasting several days before it starts to get better. 

You could be right, but take into account that a reaction is not always immediate, it takes time for the chemo to do the damage that results in the phenomena we then experience.

I think it's best to take it up with your oncologist or the oncology pharmacist, because I could be wrong in suggesting it could be the chemo rather than the GCSF, and they would know your case, whereas I don't. I would be interested in what your team says, you have given me something to think about.

Agree the hell starts day 4 for me for abpit 4 days.  Im waiting to speak to oncologist  but alsi change chemo.drugs next time so if I still get the chest symptoms I know its the GCSF.. ill let you know. 

I got incredibly bad headaches and bone aches with the GSF injections and was very short of breath. My white blood cells were quite good so they dropped the number of injections from 7 nights to 5 and that did help a bit. Definitely raise it with your team, they said the breathlessness was the chemo and the headaches snd bone aches the GSF for me.

Hi yes I had horrendous pain on 5th day of injection and lasted couple days though I learned to take analgesia ie cocodamol 30/500mg as this sorted it. Pain felt around back and abdomen and was punching pain up my abdomen from there. Glad I don’t need them now . Good luck. Ps nurse said pain is usually felt in big bones in the body eg femur, pelvis 

Thanks. 

After messaging mcmillian I think it could be the cyclophosohamide that's giving me the chest pain cough etc 

Yes the cyclophosphamide gave me the breathlessness but the injections did the bone pain. It does wear off xx