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Becky · 09-23-2007, 06:16 PM

I got a cold while on AC chemo. I did have to take antibiotics and it lasted a longgggggggggg time, but I was okay. I had chemo the winter when there were not enough flu shots to go around. My daughter came home with the flu and even though I got a shot, we barricaded her to her room (got her some Tamiflu) and nobody else got sick.

Wash, wash, wash your hands all the time. Get Purell gel and use that too. Get those Clorox wipes and wipe doorknobs and the phones. Try to not catch it if you can because everyone is different and every cold is different and you have to try to stay well if you can. Have the hubby sleep elsewhere.

09-23-2007, 06:16 PM	#4
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	I got a cold while on AC chemo. I did have to take antibiotics and it lasted a longgggggggggg time, but I was okay. I had chemo the winter when there were not enough flu shots to go around. My daughter came home with the flu and even though I got a shot, we barricaded her to her room (got her some Tamiflu) and nobody else got sick. Wash, wash, wash your hands all the time. Get Purell gel and use that too. Get those Clorox wipes and wipe doorknobs and the phones. Try to not catch it if you can because everyone is different and every cold is different and you have to try to stay well if you can. Have the hubby sleep elsewhere. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"