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Cycle 2 Day 11

Covid-10 and flu vaccination day. Having spoken to the chemotherapy helpline about being vaccinated and gaining a positive reaction having both, the safety of having a jab in my PICC Line arm, and the timing before the next infusion I was told by the chemotherapy helpline was perfect.

The side effects 24 hours after the jabs was a temperature that was raised to 38.1c at the highest taken and 35.4c at the lowest. Also pain in both vaccination sites, headache and feeling less than well. A phone call to the chemotherapy helpline as per the protocol gave comfort that drinking plenty of fluids and observing temperature was adequate and a further call if my temperature remained above 37.5c.

48 hours on from the jabs and the side effects had subsided significantly.
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