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Cycle 9 Day 8 - 18

My temperature spiked at around 10 pm at 39.5 c (103 f). A phone call to the chemo helpline brought an invitation to go to the Emergency Floor at Worthing Hospital. Arrived before 11 pm. and was eventually moved to the Consulting Room.

Observations were taken and Blood Test were taken with a cannula. I received an antibiotic by infusion and then there was a long wait for all the blood results. Solium had fall since last week's blood test. I also provided a urine test.

An ECG was undertaken and then a chest X-Ray. Also, the doctor that was in charge of my case undertook a thorough examination.

His conclusion was that I could be discharged and that happened at around 4;15 am, Arrow Taxis provide a car, and we were home before 5:00 am.

The diagnosis was not Sepsis but a chest infection. A course of Co-Amoxiclav was prescribed.

The advice of the doctor was not to proceed with the Root Canal treatment until I am clear of the infection and after I have seen the Oncologist in March.

At 5pm my temperature was again at over 39c so another phone call to the Chemo Helpline and another visit to the Emergency Floor. I arrived at 6 pm and there were the ususal observations and a set blood tests. There was also a series of swab tests, Samba 2 to discover if I had Flu 1 or 2 or Covid. I also had another ECG and gave another urine sample.

Three Doctors and Tree nurses later at 11 pm I was seen by Registrar Catherine who cleared me to go home with the instruction to add feeling unwell to the high temperature of HEAT.

Without this recommendation I would have been phoning the chemotherapy helpline every day in the week following.

On Thursday, day 14 of the cycle I needed to see a GP at the Glebe and phoned at 8:30 am was third in the queue and was quickly answered. When I explained my condition and that I was a patent receiving cancer treatment I was offered a 9:30 am appointment. The GP mentioned that I had not been seen by the Medical Centre for some time so asked how the chemotherapy was going and were there any issue. He then dealt with the face rash that I attended for. He went on to discuss the low Sodium level revealed by the EF blood tests and explained the concerns with levels reaching below 125, unsteadiness and potentially epileptic fits. 

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