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user5600
user5600 Member Posts: 8
edited June 2014 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

Was having mild fever in d range of 98 to 99.5 degree F till yesterday. Today morning it reached 100.2 degree F. Took first chemo on 22nd of august. Has anyone else have had such experience ever?? Is this normal? Kindly help.

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  • Racy
    Racy Member Posts: 2,651
    edited September 2013

    Please call your onc immediately and take his/her advice and consider also going immediately to the ER. Fever can be very serious and life threatening in chemo patients.



    Let us know how you get on.

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  • Pbjarrett
    Pbjarrett Member Posts: 19
    edited September 2013

    What chemotherapy are u on? I'm on kadcyla and run a fever for 2-3 days after every treatment. Usually my oncologist says if it isn't over 100.5 it is OK, but definitely check with oncologist to be sure.

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  • curveball
    curveball Member Posts: 3,040
    edited September 2013

    I agree with Racy. I got a fever toward the end of my chemo treatment. It was midwinter so I thought it was just a cold combined with fatigue from the chemo, but it turned out I had pneumonitis due to a reaction to one of the meds, and I ended up in the hospital for a week, including being knocked out on a ventilator over one night! Don't dink around--at least call your onc's office and ask their advice.

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