my first rituxan yesterday

hello I just do the first retuximab yesterday and I encounter a fever so we need to stop the transfusion, I also have chills, they gave me paracetamol then when the fever went down we continue again the retuximab, I hope it would help me, Ive been wondering because today I have bleeding episode in gums which is quite a lot dont know what to do? the doctor advice me to drink 20mg of prednisolone and danazol.

my count during first tranfusion was 5
lets see next week

wish me luck as retuximab is not easy to handle, I do hope it would be better soon I feel so tired and having terrible headache...

Sometimes the first infusion is the hardest, and the next ones go much easier. I hope that is the case for you. Make sure they give you pre-meds; that will help.

i finished my retuximab 2 weeks back, but on my 3rd infussion i started to have stroke bec ive got internal bleediing from brain, all my right part become numb, they give me ivig and almost daily platelet transfusion and after 2 weeks my platelet increased to 230, but today when i do my cbc it comes down again in 41, im a bit worried maybe i didnt respond to retuximab...

my count first infusion dec. 27- 5
2nd week- 5
3rd week-
then internal bleeding with the count of 2 ivig in the emergency and platelet and hemoglobin transfusion and prednisolone iv for almost everyday till i went out to the icu.
4rth week 42

after retuximab jan 14 250 count
jan 23 week 230
jan 30 go down to 41.

please advice im so afraid...

It will take a few more weeks before you can say for sure if you are responding to Rituxan. Usually it takes 4-12 weeks from the first transfusion. It looks like you are about 4 weeks from the first transfusion. It could still totally work for you.
Erica