Is it normal to have a borderline temperature?

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deelightful
deelightful Member Posts: 45
edited June 2014 in Managing Side Effects of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment

Hello,

My mother has Stage 2B cancer.  She's been running a temp between 99 - 100.  Is this normal?

Thank you for all of your help.

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  • doxie
    doxie Member Posts: 1,455
    edited March 2014

    I believe her temperature is independent of the cancer.  If she is having chemo, then a temperature rising to 100.5 ??(Not sure this is the threshold, my chemo was over 2 years ago.  How one forgets.) with a low white blood count is considered dangerous enough to call the MO for  instructions or antibiotics. 

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

    deelightful, we see in your other threads that your mother is currently undergoing chemotherapy, so a higher temperature sounds like something her oncologist would want to know about, to determine if that's appropriate for her. Has she (or you) reported the higher temperature?

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  • deelightful
    deelightful Member Posts: 45
    edited April 2014

    Yes.  We've let them know.  They tell us to go to ER if it goes over 100.4.

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