Yesterday was an awful day for both Sal and myself. She spent the whole day almost doubled over in pain from the reaction to ciprofloxicin. She couldn't keep anything down and even water triggered an desperate dash to the loo!
Needless to say, I was on the lookout for her temperature. She was in day 6 of chemo, just when her white counts are at their lowest, so she is at great risk of dangerous infection so I was…
Ciprofloxacin is a broad spectrum antibiotic. Sal started taking it yeterday and was meant to be taking it for 5 days while her white count is low. Unfortuately she has had a bad reaction to it. She has severe, double up, stomach pain along with the runs and vomiting. The doc has come out to her and said there isn't a lot that can be done until it is out of her system and has prescribed levofloxacin as an alternative…
My wife was diagnosed with breast cancer in February. She is writing her own diary of her experiences and so I thought I would do the same online. I have found that reading about others experiences helps take away some of the uncertainty surrounding what happens after diagnosis and on through treatment. I hope in reading my account of our experiences that it can help you in some way. It also helps me too. I find that…
