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Subject: Hi Al


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Lil Sis
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Date Posted: 18:51:05 04/19/04 Mon
In reply to: Al R. 's message, "have you discused" on 17:37:25 04/19/04 Mon
 My doctor gives me a shot called Aranesp. It's just like Procrit but it's better. It stays in your system longer than Procrit. But it also hurts A LOT more!! That's the shot that I refer to in my posts as the "painful shot". If I need my platelets and/or my red blood cells replenished, I get the shot once every two weeks. If I were on Procrit, it would be once a week.

My doctor, the nurses, and other patients had said in the beginning that it's a real painful shot. My doctor said if I can't tolerate it then we would switch me to Procrit. The shot is SO painful that the next time I have to get it, I'm going to try getting it in my stomach instead of the back of my arm. Other patients have told me it's a little better in the belly. If it's not, I'm going to ask my doctor to switch me to Procrit.
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