Kids vaccines while I'm in treatment

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KCD
KCD Member Posts: 59
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

My dd is due for an mmmr vacinne. Which is a live virus, I will ask my onc but I'm wondering if ianyone knows if i should hold off til I'm done with treatment?

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  • KCD
    KCD Member Posts: 59
    edited March 2012

    Everything I have read has indicated she should wait until my treatment is over because it can be shed by saliva/sneezing etc for several weeks...my onc nurse concurred.

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  • NeedtobeSTRONG
    NeedtobeSTRONG Member Posts: 101
    edited March 2012

    Yes, you should avoid having the children vaccinated while going through chemo. My kids pediatrician would not administer them until he was assured that my blood counts were stable after treatment

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  • financegirl
    financegirl Member Posts: 114
    edited March 2012

    I finished chemo in November 2011.  My niece just had a child and the onc told me to try to avoid being around very small children due to their vaccination schedules so I'd delay them till you are out of chemo.

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