Strange New Side Effect

Chickadee1955

Ladies,

Has anyone else experienced a peculiar sensation running up your spine? It is not really pain, but more like a throbbing sensation that starts at the base of the spine and runs up to my neck. This is a brand new 'side effect'. I don't know if its from the chemo, the Neulasta or the pharmacy full of other meds to counteract the side effects of the chemo and the Neulasta! What a ride!

I finished chemo a week and a half ago and this started just a few days ago. The throbbing (especailly the neck and base of spine) is uncomfortable and a little scary.

Thanks!

Chickadee

Mama G

Sounds Neulasta related to me
Just a guess

Snowkitty

I second that.
Cindy

I second that.

Cindy

CypressCynthia

adverse effects
Here are the common neulasta adverse effects listed by epocrates:
bone pain
musculoskeletal pain
splenomegaly
injection site rxn
elevated alk phos
elevated LDH
hyperuricemia
nausea
abdominal pain
flank pain
headache
thrombocytopenia
anemia
hypotension
leukocytosis

Chickadee1955

CypressCynthia said:

adverse effects
Here are the common neulasta adverse effects listed by epocrates:
bone pain
musculoskeletal pain
splenomegaly
injection site rxn
elevated alk phos
elevated LDH
hyperuricemia
nausea
abdominal pain
flank pain
headache
thrombocytopenia
anemia
hypotension
leukocytosis

MamaG,
You have no business
MamaG,

You have no business looking so great at 60!! I'm hoping AFTER reconstruction I can post a photo that looks that good.

I'm thinking this is Neulasta related, too. I'll look up the epocrates list, CypCyn, thanks for the info! (Love the hat!!)

Chickadee

sea60

Yes, I do.
I used to call it my "broken back" feeling. I named all my weird funky symptoms. That one was particularly uncomfortable!


Hang in there sweetie.


Blessings and hugs to you,

Sylvia

CypressCynthia

Chickadee1955 said:

MamaG,
You have no business
MamaG,

You have no business looking so great at 60!! I'm hoping AFTER reconstruction I can post a photo that looks that good.

I'm thinking this is Neulasta related, too. I'll look up the epocrates list, CypCyn, thanks for the info! (Love the hat!!)

Chickadee

Hey, that is my lucky Saints
Hey, that is my lucky Saints outfit and it worked tonight, but, whew, that was a fight!

carkris

sea60 said:

Yes, I do.
I used to call it my "broken back" feeling. I named all my weird funky symptoms. That one was particularly uncomfortable!


Hang in there sweetie.


Blessings and hugs to you,

Sylvia

people have said they take
people have said they take claritin for neulasta side effects. I never did but they said it helped.

VickiSam

carkris said:

people have said they take
people have said they take claritin for neulasta side effects. I never did but they said it helped.

CC .. I also was checking out your hat .. late here and
my eyes are crossing - then I recognized your Saint's shirt .. I go it .. the total outfit! Love it ...


Mrs. Peyton Manning

Katz77

Not to scare you (just scared you uh? )
I recieved Neaulasta shots. I would wake with what felt like spasms down and in my spine. Sometimes so severe my head would jerk backwards. Now when they drew labs, this was the next to the last chemo, my WBC's were 75,000. Norm is 4-5000 depending on ur lab. Advil helped mine. I have never refused anything they've thrown at me, but I did refuse the last shot. Think my WBC's were high enough to fight infection. lol Good luck, Katz

missingtexas

I agree
I agree about the Neulasta...and the Claritin. I would get such horrible pains in my hips and lower back that I couldn't get out of bed. The docs and nurses in Pittsburgh swore by the Claritin. I had been taking narcotics for the pain and decided to try the Claritin. It actually helped the pain instead of just masking it like the narcotics did. Try it...worst case scenerio you'll breath better Hope you feel better!!

Chickadee1955

missingtexas said:

I agree
I agree about the Neulasta...and the Claritin. I would get such horrible pains in my hips and lower back that I couldn't get out of bed. The docs and nurses in Pittsburgh swore by the Claritin. I had been taking narcotics for the pain and decided to try the Claritin. It actually helped the pain instead of just masking it like the narcotics did. Try it...worst case scenerio you'll breath better Hope you feel better!!

As always, you Ladies are
As always, you Ladies are there for me!

I have recommended this board to so many folks because of the great support and knowledge base. Some of these side effects would send me screaming to the ER if I hadn't had all of you to turn to for reassurance. Thanks!!

I'll try the Claritin.

greyhoundluvr

Chickadee
A number of my friends (myself included) developed new aches and pains after finishing chemo that we hadn't had before. I went through a period where it felt like every tendon in my body was aching - almost like everything wa sgetting ready to cramp. Once we compared all the weird things we experienced after chemo, we started calling it chemo withdrawal. While I was getting rads, I asked my radiation oncologist about it and she said that a lot of women do continue to "cycle" with their side effects after chemo and do develop new ones. Sure enough, I could track on the calendar every three weeks my crazy symptoms would occur at the same times I had symptoms after chemo. It keeps getting less and less each time but silly me, I thought once the side effects started going away, they would stay away....