Hello everyone. I wonder if any of you have had similar experiences to what
my husband is going through now. He has Stage IV NSCLC with treated pleural
effusion. He had five rounds of taxol/carbo and had to stop due to
neuropathy. He missed 10 days of the new chemo due to Thanksgiving. On
November 29 he had his first round of a new chemo-- gezmar/carbo. This was
supposed to be given on a weekly basis but when we went back the next week
his WBC counts were too low-2 (normal starts at 4) to resume chemo. Our onc
is willing to give him neupogen but now his platelet counts are too low--66
as opposed to 150. The neupogen will not help that. He is reluctant to give
him interleukin-12 to raise the platelets due to its toxic nature so we are
waiting for his counts to come up. The WBC was back to 3 this week. I am
very worried because next week will be four weeks he hasn't had treatment and
we are terrified of mets to the brain or bone.
Has anyone has this kind of experience and do you know of anything to raise
the platelet count? I have heard conflicting advice about platelet
transfusions--that the platelets have to come back naturally. Any advice or
personal experience in this area would be much appreciated.
Best wishes and thanks to you all. Love, Bess
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