Anybody had the cold while on chemotherapy?

ovarian_support

It looks like my mom finally caught the bug that Dad says he caught at the hospital.  I caught it after him but even with the massive amounts of lysol I was spraying around, she started coughing today.  For my Dad and myself we felt awful for one day and then had lingering congestion.  I don't know how bad it will get for her but I'm concerned about the congestion because she has had the plueral effusion.  Is there something I can do to help or something that she can take to help her fight this off?  Thank You for reading.

Kaleena

Call her oncologist.  They

Call her oncologist.  They may give her some antibiotics.

lovesanimals

Kaleena said:

Call her oncologist.  They

Call her oncologist.  They may give her some antibiotics.

Hi

How's your mom doing?

Kelly

poopergirl14052

lovesanimals said:

Hi

How's your mom doing?

Kelly

Me

I am dealing with upper respitory cold.  I took Mucenex and drank plenty of tea. Finally feeling better and coughing stuff out. If I get a temp over 100.3 I have to call doctor. Hope your mom is feeling better.....Val

ovarian_support

Thanks

Thank you guys. mom actually handled the cold better than I did.  Tonight she's staying at the hosptial, the plural effusion has caused a traped lung that makes it even more difficult for her to breathe.  It looks as though the hospital suction in her new plurex catheter is having a positive effect and she was breathing much easier when i left for the night.  Thank you for asking.