Coronavirus fears

NoWhyToIt

Hi sisters--

I am freaking out. I take Prolia and Arimidex and my immune system has not been normal since cancer (about fuve years) plus I have asthma. How worried should I be and more importantly, how careful should I be? Does this sort of thing put us in high risk?

jessie123

My breast cancer was last year and I don't think that my immune system is compromised. Do you think that your compromised immune system is from your BC? I do know that radiation doesn't affect our immune system. We're over the surgery. I don't know how long chemo affects you immune system, but I can't believe it would last 5 years. I do know that Asthma probably puts you a greater risk of complications if you get the virus. Yes, I am very concerned because I am older and also have a mild lung condition. Luckily I'm retired so I 'm not going out -- already did the long term grocery shopping. Since we are both in the high risk group we need to take additional precautions. Yes, I am worried and I am taking no risks.

MinusTwo

Here's the link to a thread that is already going regarding the virus. This is a thread for everyone as opposed to the Stage IV thread.

https://community.breastcancer.org/forum/142/topic...

exbrnxgrl

What does your mo say? I emailed my mo last week because I wanted to understand, as much as it’s possible, my personal risks . I think that’s your best bet.

sugarplum

I am also freaking out big-time. Having been a germophobe my entire adult life, this situation is causing my anxiety to absolutely explode. My husband works at the Dept of Social and Health Services and to put it kindly, is more interested in helping the needy than protecting himself (he once took in a transient teenager for an overnight at our beach cabin while I was visiting my mother). I'm feel like I'm being so selfish because I don't even want to touch him these days. I work in an office where they have closed three of our bigger branches due to "presumptive" cases of the virus. Because our county hasn't yet diagnosed its first case, our branch has remained open to the public. I've been given the option to work at home but what would be the use as long as my husband keeps going out into the world every day?

I'm trying to save my Ativan for when we actually have it appear in our community, but have ordered an extra supply along with my heart medications (yes, I have chemo-induced cardiomyopathy to boot).

Just need to keep away from all the "dark imaginings" I'm so prone to....

Julie

NoWhyToIt

Thanks for the reply. I'm a complete germaphobe and this is putting me over the edge but now that everything is shutting down there isn't much to do but clean. LOL.