Pls Need help urgently

pari143
pari143 Member Posts: 33
edited June 2014 in ILC (Invasive Lobular Carcinoma)

My mom finished her rads on janury and she is on arimidex now she got UTI 2 days ago the dr gave her antibiotics but today he called and told her that she have a sever infection and they want to give her hi-potency antibiotics.Now we are in hospital and they are taking blood for test.I tried to contact her oncologist but i couldn't find her.

I want to know that is it normal to have blood tests for UTI? I am really  worried is that is related to cancer recurrence. pls  help me   

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  • Moderators
    Moderators Member Posts: 25,912
    edited March 2014

    Pari, we're sorry your mom is dealing with this. As you can read in our main site, the blood stream and the urinary system are more open to infection during breast cancer treatment (just click the link for more information). Could be that they want the blood test to make sure that the infection didn't affect the bloodstream. 

    Please let us know how everything goes.

    The Mods

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  • pari143
    pari143 Member Posts: 33
    edited March 2014

    Dear moderators

                            thanks for your replay. The dr told us that she has  UTI infection and they keep her in the hospital till sunday. If the blood test were clear they will discharge her. once again thanks for your replay

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  • 16Christine
    16Christine Member Posts: 23
    edited March 2014

    Pari -

    Please don't worry too much (easy for me to say, huh). 

    It's impossible to be admitted to a hospital without having blood drawn. Maybe it was to look for bacteria in the blood sample, but more likely it was to check on her overall condition. Or both.

    For various reasons including arimidex I am a candidate for uti's.  I was halfway through cancer treatments 18 months ago, and I've had 3 uti's since then. All have been knocked out with a course of Keflex or amoxicillin. I am extra careful with hygiene -- shower a day is not enough, got to do perineal care more than once a day.

    Your Mom will hopefully find what works for her.

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