This is going to seem weird. One of my first cousins who is also a
Registered Nurse (ICU) is being treated for breast cancer. She is
receiving chemo and when her WBC count went down too far to continue,she
told me that she took echinacea (sp) tincture and got her wbc up and
then went on neupogen. ???? Might be worth a try.
I have adenocarcinoma unknown primary, pleural effusion treated with
talc (dec 97) and nothing else to date. Now my tumor marker ca125 is up
past normal but taking the month off worrying while waiting for the
results of a recent biopsy. God bless, Jeanne
BesTom@AOL.COM wrote:
>
> 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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