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Gosh you are having a hard time of it atm. I have permission to take Centrum 50+ multivitamins with my chemo. I think it would help as a pick me up to your infections.
If my mouths not in the ulcer stages I suck a Strepsils antibacterial every time I go out in public. If my mouth is bad, I wear a surgical mask. I feel silly doing it but if it stops me picking up bugs I am all for it. If I get visitors, they are asked to suck a Strepsils as well.
Apart from that, take it easy. If that means watching movies or reading a book all day then so be it. My husband is even doing the basic clothes washing for me and the washing up. I do the main meal in cooking but its nothing glamorous, just good normal stuff. I eat a smaller portion if my belly is a bit out of sink but I do keep eating to keep my strength up.
I check my temp pretty often and its never up by anything much at all unless I have just had the chemo then it sits a little higher for a day or two. Don't mess about, if your temp is 39C get back to the hospital. They are trying to keep you well enough to keep on your chemo treatments as that's the whole idea of making sure that cancer doesn't win.