Hi Jeannie, Sorry to hear this. You like I am immunocomprimised and that is probably why your flu like symptoms are persisting.
As far as antibiotics go if in fact you are suffering from a viral infection then antibiotics are probably useless however if your suffering from a bacterial infection then antibiotics will usually work, but I would suggest that you run it by your doctor. He or she will probably take a culture to see exactly what is going on and will know what to treat you with. By the way sometimes it takes more then a few days to grow the culture so it will probably be a good idea to act on it ASAP. Do you know what a Spirometer is? Read below, and believe me it really works. It will help keep your lungs clear. I use it anytime that my lungs are having any problems. I hope that you start feeling better. 18's, Marty How to use an Incentive Spirometer Sit up and hold the incentive spirometer. - Place the mouthpiece of the incentive spirometer in your mouth. Make sure you make a good seal over the mouthpiece with your lips. - Breathe out (exhale) normally. - Breathe in (inhale) *SLOWLY*. A piece in the incentive spirometer will rise as you breathe in. - Try to get this piece to rise as high as you can. - Usually, there is a marker placed by your doctor that tells you how big of a breath you should take. A smaller piece in the incentive spirometer looks like a ball or disc. - Your goal should be to make sure this ball stays in the middle of the chamber while you breathe in. - If you breathe in too fast, the ball will shoot to the top. - If you breathe in too slowly, the ball will stay at the bottom. Hold your breath for 3 to 5 seconds. Then slowly exhale. *Take 10 to 15 breaths with your spirometer every 1 to 2 hours, or as often as instructed by your nurse or doctor*. On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 11:39 AM, 'Icandoallttc' via CMLHope < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello all > I pray that everyone is good today and just wanted to let you know I am > really sick with a sore throat and flu. I had my flu shots and never get > the flu after receiving them. I was wondering if any of you have taken > antibiotics while sick and on chemo. I am taking amoxicillin and > Clarimicin. Thank you guys for all your wonderful support. > > My Motto: Faith and Pills❤️ > With 💗Jeanie 🐟🐟18,s Chi > Dx 1/2004. CML Leukemia > Started Gleevec 2/2004 > Started Tasigna 9/2009 > Started Sprycel 11/2009 > Started Ponatinib January 2015 > Dr Balducci Moffitt Cancer Center > > -- > -- > [CMLHope] > A support group of http://cmlhope.com > ------------------------------------------------- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CMLHope" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
