Anxious

Oh .mel28 I am so sorry you have all this additional worry at a time when you would have probably been feeling low anyway. Chemo can be so debilitating. I don't know how your white cells are coping but because mine dropped, I had several delayed chemo doses. Yes, it extends the course but it did mean I was stronger at the start of each session. So I think it is possible that if you have a bad cold, your unit may delay a dose. However, colds do tend to come and go. You may be better by next week and if you're not......well, from experience the delay will actually be to your advantage. 

As for the covid.....I imagine your family are as concerned as you are. I guess common sense will keep you safe. Keeping a bit of distance when in the same room, wearing a mask if you're very close and asking them to wash up or load the dishwasher with things you would normally touch....just in case. Perhaps keep your own set of crockery and cutlery? The boys at school are slightly more problematic.  Have they been vaccinated? A headmistress friend of mine told me that of her 1800 pupils only 294 were given parental consent for the vaccination so it would seem essential for your safety.  I think if there were several cases in their classes, I might be tempted to keep them at home ( explaining to the staff ofcourse) 

I do understand why you are worried but it won't help to make yourself ill so please ring Macmillan and chat this through or your BCN if she is approachable.

Others in your situation may have better ideas. Todays Covid figures of over 50,000 cases don't encourage anyone but perhaps you live in a lower area? I don't think I would go out without a mask in those conditions and I wouldn't go to crowded places during chemo. Christmas markets will look inviting but Covid will like them too. Where I live only vaccinated people wearing a mask can go into markets or busy stores or narrow shopping streets or restaurants and cafes.  Covid numbers per day are also rising but at least 20,000 less than UK so some of these restrictions maybe working. You could apply them to your daily routine too even if it isn't obligatory. 

I hope the cold eases over the next day or so. Take care. It's  going to be ok..........

Hi Melissa

Covid is such a major impact at the best of times and even more so when you're going through treatment. I'm paranoid atm ahead of my surgery on 7th to not have anything delay it so am mask wearing, socially distancing and now pausing hugging family members although they are all vaxxed. I'm triple vaxxed also. Even my granddaughters are obsessively taking LFT tests whenever they come near me to ensure ( as far as they can) they are not infected..they have been vaxxed also 

It's been such a pressure for everyone over the past nearly 2 years..I guess all I can say is take as many precautions as you can and ask those around you to do also 

P.s. I too have a head cold and painful sinuses - I've been doing LFTs regularly also . All negative so far thankfully !  

I hear you. I’ve only had two jabs because I haven’t been well enough to have the booster (ironic). I wear my mask and wash my hands religiously. I avoid crowded areas and rarely go out. My sister has been around a lot, but she’s triple jabbed and has twice weekly PCRs through her job. I get those lateral flow packs and we all do them twice weekly in the family. I figure that’s as much as I can do and the rest is in the lap of the gods. Sorry I can’t think of anything terribly encouraging except maybe talk to your BCN about your worries? I’m pretty sure they’ve all got Covid contingencies in place - they’re not just going to give up on your cancer treatment if you get Covid.