I’m just in the process of going through a stem cell harvest for SCT No. 2 (No.1 was in 1999).
On Sunday, night 5 days after the Cyclo Priming, and about 2 hours after my evening self-injection of GCSF I started with kidney pain. This got to seriously painful levels and was characterised by a 2-3 second throbbing peak to the pain in both kidneys. It was by now about 10pm and, under the normal instructions, we called the St James, Leeds Haematology ward. They told us to come in straightaway. Cutting a longer story short the on duty Doctor suspected kidney stones, which was exactly how it felt and sorted out pain relief.
Tests yesterday found no kidney stones and that there had not been any kidney stones which had passed. A consultant haematologist thought I had mistaken kidney pain for pelvic pain, which frankly annoyed me, I have had a pelvic lesion so I know that type of pain and I have kidney infections so I know that sort of pain.
Has anyone else experienced that sort of reaction to GCSF?
None of the websites mention kidney pain either as a side effect either.
