Evening all,
My Dad had his second cycle of chemo (Carboplatin and Etoposide) and Immunotherapy (Atezolizumab) on 17th August, so he’s 10 days in. He went to A&E on Tuesday as his temperature kept spiking up and down but was sent home with antibiotics. He has been on those for 3 full days now.
His temperature was OK this morning at 37.1. At 6:20pm it was 38.0, 6:40pm it was 37.0 and 7:20pm it was 37.4 in one ear and 37.1 in the other. At 7:50pm it was 36.7. Does anybody know what causes these temperature spikes? He’s still very tired the past couple of days. When we spoke to chemo unit they said if the temperature goes down, they are happy to not go to A&E, as long as it doesn’t stay above 37.5 twice in a row.
If anyone can give any insight, that would be great.
Thanks
Lucie x
Hi Essex1 when my sister was having chemo for her breast cancer, she had to keep a very close eye on her temperature which was all over the place. It had reached 38 degrees at one point, and she had to go to hospital, where she stayed all over Christmas because she had sepsis. This was from a tiny little paper cut on her finger from wrapping presents! so it is wise to keep checking your Dads temperature. Not sure why one ear would give a didn't reading from the other though, very strange.
