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Sheila
08-01-2006, 08:32 AM
I read an interesting article yesterday at the oncologists office. It said that there is a chance of harming your partner if you have sex within 24 hours of a chemotherapy infusion....due to absorbtion or contact with body fluids... it was in a cancer magazine in the waiting room.....

I guess this is why they insist on a double flush of the toilets after people receiving chemo there use them...same idea, body fluids that are toxic
saleboat
08-01-2006, 09:10 AM
Double flush? Never heard that one.
Sherryg683
08-01-2006, 11:06 AM
Never heard of the double flush either but the no sex right after chemo sounds great to me! Maybe I can convince my hubby that it's no sex while you are chemo, that would even be better., would Herceptin alone count....lol..sherryg683
Chelee
08-01-2006, 01:53 PM
When I first met my infusion nurse...which by the way she is awesome! She went over everything and then some with me. And she DID tell me about the double flush. I was beginning to think it was just this place that did it as I had never heard it mentioned again until now.

As to the sex...to be honest...it was darned near impossible to even think about it while on chemo. http://www.her2support.org./vbulletin/images/smilies/frown.gif

Chelee
Becky
08-01-2006, 06:05 PM
My girlfriend told me that her onco told her that if she was going to have sex with her husband within 24 hours of chemo, they should use a condom. She asked him if she had to use a condom if she had sex with someone other than her husband. Ha ha - he never mentioned it again.'


Becky
Sheila
08-01-2006, 07:51 PM
The double flush...they have signs posted in the restrooms of the chemo lab where I get my treatment.....this does not include Herceptin...we are single flushers!
Val Pfeiffer
08-06-2006, 09:48 AM
I never heard of the double flush thing either--maybe it's more for people on the really wicked chemo combinations? I was only on Herceptin, Taxol and Carbo? And I still wanted plenty of sex during chemo--never thought about harm to my partner--must be too selfish :-) Actually, for a day or two after Herceptin (the only one I am still on) I don't feel that interested...I'd be really bummed if I totally lost the desire for sex!