What are they in comparison?
They make me wibble?
Everybody dies, Tracey. Someone's carrying a bullet for you right now, doesn't even know it. The trick is to die of old age before it finds you.
Mal ,'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Allyson - Sep 19, 2011 1:06:38 pm PDT #27273 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
JenP - Sep 19, 2011 1:07:40 pm PDT #27274 of 30001
I think she means Procrit, Perkins, and that's actually something I got, too. It's my sister translating, and I think she got confused. Thanks.
Lee - Sep 19, 2011 1:11:11 pm PDT #27275 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Ah. Nothing I got did much to my joints, though the neulasta does for some people, I think.
§ ita § - Sep 19, 2011 1:12:05 pm PDT #27276 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
They are harmless in comparison, that's what they are.
I'm keeping fewer windows open, just for the novelty.
Now, if I had SPN stuff up, I'd feel redfaced. The calendar will have to do.
Hey, Ginger, Perkins, anyone that's ported a portacath...did you have to get yours flushed with heparin every time they used it?
Ginger - Sep 19, 2011 1:14:11 pm PDT #27277 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I didn't, but my blood count stayed in the acceptable range. I'm assuming they're treating her for anemia. I've never heard of blood cell transfusions causing bone pain, but some chemo does. (I had severe bone pain from Taxol, but it only lasted about five days after each infusion.) She needs to talk to her oncologist. There may be another chemo she can try or different pain medication. My oncologist, bless him, prescribed large amounts of hydrocodone.
eta: Procrit can cause joint pain, but if that's the problem, the oncologist can try other things for anemia or space out the chemo more.
JenP - Sep 19, 2011 1:20:51 pm PDT #27278 of 30001
Oh, Neulasta, from the descriptions of the two, that's actually what I got. Wow, you'd think I'd remember better; well, I remembered the details, if not the name. I think she probably is getting Procrit, though. OK, thanks.
JenP - Sep 19, 2011 1:24:39 pm PDT #27279 of 30001
Thanks, both. I did some quick google fu, and I suspect it's Procrit, since she was talking about red blood cells. I didn't have that one. I am going to e-mail my sister shortly with some basics.
And, thanks, Ginger, I will most definitely suggest that she talk to her oncologist about options.
Ginger - Sep 19, 2011 1:26:28 pm PDT #27280 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I don't think enough people complain in detail to their oncologists.
Sheryl - Sep 19, 2011 1:27:49 pm PDT #27281 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Things start to get hectic on my DVR tonight. Summer shows winding down + fall shows starting up = catching some things on the second airing.
Lee - Sep 19, 2011 1:36:06 pm PDT #27282 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
did you have to get yours flushed with heparin every time they used it?
Yes, and it turns out that I have to go back and get it flushed once a month until I remove it, which I guess I will be doing sooner rather than later, though not until after Hawaii.
eta: though every time for me was once every three weeks, and now they are saying flush it about every four weeks so if they use yours every week, maybe you won't need every time? I would ask about that.