Re: question 2: fever after chemo?

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> Had my first chemo this morning (A/C, decadron, something for anti-

> nausea), and now I have a fever. Is this a normal/usual thing?

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you need to call your doctor right away you may have an infection

[Guest guest]

Hi –

I was told by my onc to contact them if my temp was 100.5 or higher…if this

is your case, please call them asap.

question 2: fever after chemo?

Had my first chemo this morning (A/C, decadron, something for anti-

nausea), and now I have a fever. Is this a normal/usual thing?

[Guest guest]

Thanks, I did call. He did not want to give me antibiotics right

away, told me to take tylenol. I'm back in his office tomorrow for

the nulasta, so he'll check me then. Obviously I will call again if

the fever goes higher (low grade now). He said this was a " fast

reaction. " Seems hard to believe my white blood cells gave up already!

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> > Had my first chemo this morning (A/C, decadron, something for anti-

> > nausea), and now I have a fever. Is this a normal/usual thing?

> >

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> you need to call your doctor right away you may have an infection

>

[Guest guest]

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I had CMF and never ran a fever. But I do know any fever should be reported to

your oncologist IMMEDIATELY. I will keep you in my prayers.

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question 2: fever after chemo?

Had my first chemo this morning (A/C, decadron, something for anti-

nausea), and now I have a fever. Is this a normal/usual thing?

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[Guest guest]

Remember, , it could be something coincidental; not necessarily from

the chemo you just had or your white cells.

Hang in there honey!

[Guest guest]

When I was going through chemo in 2002 I developed a low grade fever that would

not go away...I eventually ended up in the hospital with low white blood count

and it took four days for the fever to go down...white blood count came back

soon. Keep checking with the Dr if the fever does not do down.

Betsy (North Carolina)

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[Guest guest]

Quoting d12m13v66 :

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>> Had my first chemo this morning (A/C, decadron, something for anti-

>> nausea), and now I have a fever. Is this a normal/usual thing?

>>

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> you need to call your doctor right away you may have an infection

>

Calling the doctor is always a good idea when there is a concern

like this. However, I think a good first step would be to try to drink

water, PLENTY of it. Saturday I had a similar situation. I had chemo

a week ago (Thurs), so it was only two days afterwards. My temperature

started to climb. I, too, became concerned, fearing hospitalization.

I just started drinking ice water and my temp went back down to normal.

I would NOT take Tylenol or anything else to bring down a fever

UNLESS a doctor tells me. That might be fine for " healthy " folks, but

NOT chemo patients.

-Frances

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Quoting Ann Weiss :

> Hi Frances,

>

> Welcome to the group. It's not that unusual for temps to be

> slightly elevated after chemo. HOWEVER, if your temp goes above 101,

> please call your onc immediately.

My doc says to call at 100.5°.

> In fact, some doctors give general instructions to go to the

> emergency room if temp climbs to 101. Why? Because there is always

> danger of infections getting out of control when chemo is depressing

> our immune system.

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> By the way, you didn't tell us what your temperature is...

It only got to 99.3, however I could see it going up by about 0.2°

per 30 minutes. THAT's what got me most concerned. I knew that my

blood counts were (probably still are) very low, just not low enough

to stop the last treatment. In this case, everything was fine, I just

needed more water.

-Frances

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[Guest guest]

Yep. My fever was 99.8, and as is probably true for many of you, my

normal temperature is around 98.0; so although most dr.s would

cconsider it low-grade, it is quite uncomfortable. I always drink

lots of water, which is of course, great advice. The dr. did tell me

to take Tylenol, and the fever disappeared within 4 hours. So, who

knows? Maybe coincidence, maybe a normal reaction for me, maybe

another mystery of life. ;-)

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> Remember, , it could be something coincidental; not

necessarily from

> the chemo you just had or your white cells.

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> Hang in there honey!

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