About skin infections during chemio

Hi Azzurra 

How did you get on seeing the doctor about your rash?

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I hope the rash goes soon

Sorry for late reply! I had my 6th chemio yesterday  (9 hours in the unit as there was a delay in the delivery of  my drugs). with an addition of Bevacizumab to the Carboplating and Taxel to treat post surgery remaining cancer of 1 cm (might have shrunk in the last 2 chemio I had after CTscan in September. The rash is gone almost all away. An experienced nurse saw me and said she has seen that many times in other women too....I asked her to email my oncologist to let him know her opinion.it was a surgical glue reaction that can show up even after 8 weeks from surgery, and that it takes some time to completely go. The riskh has nothing to do with scar which has healed beautifully. The cleansed further the skin with a special glue remover tissue and I am putting coconut oil raw and organic on the patch. It works well, also coconut oil is antibacterial and antiviruses. There is a little research about it.

Going back to the rash, a swab was taken to the laboratory to see if there is an infection and what antibiotic would be the best...But I m sure it will come back negative as the red patch is gone now! Hurrah, no antibiotic. My skin is showing to be my weak point. I got cellulites in July on my foot neck and had to take antibiotic for a week. The GP said she did not want to risk that the bacteria would travel to other places. And that in a healthy person she would have not given any antibiotics but because I m having chemio I need protection. Fair enough. But I m glad I don't need antibiotic for the rash!

That's great to read Azzurra and just goes to show that these nurses are worth their weight in gold!

x

indeed!