Hi I am being treated for breast cancer, had my fifth round last Friday ,was admitted to hospital on Wednesday with high temperature and infection, the same happened with
the fourth round , I am still in hospital, bloods still not good, I am thinking I may refuse last
round, any one been in the same situation.
Hi Pauline
Sorry to hear your so unwell iwas in a similar situation before Xmas on chemo no 4 I got admitted with suspect neutropenic sepsis then a suspect pulmonary embolism then I got covid after chemo no 5 my white cells were very low I didn't think I'd make no 6 but as I was making good progress they lowered my dose I kept up with my newgen powders which were bland but full of the right nutrients as everything else tasted vile stay strong sending big hugs xx
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