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I believe I have mentioned that I am undergoing chemotherapy at the present time due to a return of my ovarian cancer of 2002. There is an ongoing commercial for a drug called Neulasta on tv with a guy who announces, “I am ready to start my chemotherapy now and I am going to talk to my doctor about Neulasta!” Fine! This drug is a life saver in that it keeps your white blood count up to prevent a dangerous infection. But what they don’t tell you is that it also causes a lot of problems for some people and one of those would be me! It causes a charmer called ” peripheral neuropathy” which manifests itself as burning, shooting pain, throbbing, aching, walking on a bed of coals like feeling in the feet, legs and hands. The last two days have been absolutely horrible and I have had to double up on pain medication just to get by. Now I am not complaining (YES, I AM) but thankfully it is better today and I can function a bit again. If you need to take this drug as part of chemo treatment don’t let this deter you as it will keep you out of the hospital and unpleasant antibiotic treatment but why does it have to be so difficult? Ok, I am through moaning and groaning!

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