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Old 04-14-2015, 07:59 AM   #1
Maia
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persistent low grade fever

Hi,
my mom is currently on Herceptin (round 10), but after finishing AC, Taxotere and radiation therapy, her body temperature is slightly high (during the day it goes up to 98.6F or 37,4C and at night is around 96.8F/ 36,6C). She has that body temperature for 5 months now. Her doctor is also confused, since CT doesn't show cancer progression.

Does anyone have similar situation? Any answer or comment would mean a lot!
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Old 04-14-2015, 03:33 PM   #2
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Re: persistent low grade fever

My normal body temp after treatment hads consistently been 100. Every time I see any MD they say "do you know you have a temp"? Guessing it is what it is.
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June 3, 2013: CT Scan with Contrast of lungs. Previous nodules gone. New nodules (2mm and 3mm) found. Rescan in 3 months. So sorry I opened this can of worms...
June 11, 2013: EF 60%
June 25, 2013: Last Herceptin. wow...
Aug 20, 2013: Tumor markers within normal limits. Xray to sore left ribs shows no disease or fractures.
Sept 9, 2013: CT of lungs shows no disease. Closing this can of worms and moving on.
Nov 20, 2013: Tumor markers within normal limits. Severe Vit D deficiency, started on prescription Vit. D. Blaming chemo for this.
Feb 2014: Tumor markers within normal limits.
May 2014: Tumor markers within normal limits. Graduated to twice yearly onc appts.
Oct 2014: Tumor markers within normal limits.
May 2015: Tumor markers WNL. Bone density scan fine. Bone scan and xray of ribs shows "something" 4th right rib. Could be healed fracture but if it is healed why does it hurt?
Nov 2015: Tumor markers WNL. Follow up bone scan clear.
Feb 2016: Syncope! WTF? Dizzy too. Brain scan clear, ECHO EF 60%, Halter Monitor shows heart is fine. Viral? I will never know.
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Oct 2016: Stabbing pain right eye. Long story short, trigeminal neuralgia.
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Old 04-14-2015, 05:52 PM   #3
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Re: persistent low grade fever

That's a lot of temperature monitoring! And technically, not a "fever", not even a low grade one. Although we know "average" temperatures, which we label "normal", for large groups of people (98.6F/37.0C) -- each individual tends to run higher or lower than the average.

In the absence of any other symptoms, this doesn't seem worrisome to me. Do you know that her average temperature was a lot lower than this, before treatment? Is she having symptoms of menopause (hot flashes)? Does she have other symptoms that worry you, that would indicate infection?

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Old 04-15-2015, 02:45 AM   #4
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Re: persistent low grade fever

Thank you LeahM and Debbie on your replays. I didn't know that this can be considered as "normal". Her normal body temperature before all these therapy was 97.5F.
What I didn't mention is that besides that body temperature, she is feeling week, lost her appetite and lost a lot of weight. She is now taking Megace (Megastrol Acetate), so she started eating normal again and gained 2 pounds.
Once again, thank you so much, I just wanted to get an insight in somebody elses experience.
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