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Controlling risk of infection on treatment
Hi again, My husband is going crazy cleaning everything and insisting that my dogs sleep outside ect before i start my treatment, what are everyones thoughts on the animals and how did you all avoid ...
It's not really a bacterial infection from dogs you need to worry about its the viral ones which can get to pneumonia quickly.
I did shave the whiskers off my Schnauzers so I didn't have to worry about dirty beards but they still stayed inside the house.
Visitors had to suck on an antibacterial Strepsils lozenge and if I went out in particular for that first blood test after the first chemo, I sucked a lozenge and wore a face mask. That proved a good move as my disease resistance in the blood test came out at zero. Not 2% or 4% but zero. Thereafter I was given an injection to help out after each round of chemo.
I did shave the whiskers off my Schnauzers so I didn't have to worry about dirty beards but they still stayed inside the house.
Visitors had to suck on an antibacterial Strepsils lozenge and if I went out in particular for that first blood test after the first chemo, I sucked a lozenge and wore a face mask. That proved a good move as my disease resistance in the blood test came out at zero. Not 2% or 4% but zero. Thereafter I was given an injection to help out after each round of chemo.