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I'm going back to work tomorrow. I'm a primary school teacher - my class is kindergarten & year 1.
I'm really excited but a little nervous too.
I can't wait to see the kids. I just adore them and fe...
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Glad to hear you had a wonderful time back with your students...nice to get back to some sort of normality hey?
The infection you need to look out for is "Febrile Neutropenia"...I'm guessing your oncologist would have given you info about this - you need to check your temp and if it reaches 38 or higher, you need to seek immediate medical attention for IV anit-biotics (due to low white blood cell count that fights infection)...I did have a seroma under my arm after mastectomy and suspect this was the cause of infection. Check out my blog for more info if you like :) ..... don't mean to scare you, however, it can be serious if you don't seek medical attention asap...my best friend is a breast care nurse and she knows of fatalities that have occured...
After this episode, I was prescribed Neulasta to inject myself just after each chemo to help build up the white blood cells....I had no further problems after that. Hope this helps .... but you probably will be fine!
Jenny x