Documenting my Husband’s treatment following his Stage 4 diagnosis in November 25. Initial diagnosis was in Sept 23 - his treatment initially was Chemoradiotherapy then CAPOX chemo followed by APR surgery. All documented in the thread CAPOX JOURNEY please take a look .
Scans after his surgery showed metastases in liver and lungs so he was referred back to oncology for chemo to halt the spread.
Hes now had 2 of 6 sessions (2 week cycle) he should have had his 3rd session on 2nd Jan but had a spike in temperature on New Year’s Day evening so after ringing the help line & them advising us to go into A&E he went in. He got seen very quickly and they took bloods. He had a chest X-ray (Nothing found) he was given IV antibiotics and had to stay in overnight. No reason for the spike in temperature found at all.
So has anyone else had experience of temperature spiking for no reason with FOLFIRI ?? Trying to work out if it’s a side effect.
Thank you for reading this far (if you have ) and please let me know of any side effects you have experienced.
taking it a day a a time Bx
Temperatures are very common when you are having chemotherapy and should always be treated with antibiotics as you are at higher risk for sepsis, particularly if your white cell count has dropped. They often don’t find the specific cause of it but that’s not to say there wasn’t an infection starting. It sounds like you acted promptly and hopefully caught it before it got any worse. Always do exactly what you did and get it checked it out, you should always assume it’s a serious infection and not a side effect.
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