infection

Two weeks after my final chemo session, just when you think you are safe then i fell foul of the dreaded and most feared neutropenia.

Just returned home after yet another spell in hospital. Three chemos down and two hospital stays with unknown infections it looks lke its going to be a long haul. After a variety of tests ( just like last time) the doctors were no nearer the truth , one thought it was an infection in my Hickman line , another thought the infection was caused by the open wound on my back.

I think I'm posting this just to get it off my chest and cheer myself up ... Since diagnosis of ovarian cancer have been recovering from surgery before being able to start cancer treatment. And now, 4 weeks after my operation I have had to go back to hospital as my wound was badly infected and needed to be opened and drained.

Hi all

I'm off on holiday tonight for a week, spoke to mum last night and she seems fine but not really looking forward to starting chemotherapy. This isn't happening straight away now though as she has an infection under her arm where her lymph nodes were removed and they can't start chemo until that's cleared up. So she's on some strong antibiotics and may not start the first cycle of chemo until after I'm back.