Jeanie, thinking of you and hoping you feel better soon. I agree with others here, please act swiftly and see your doc. If you do need antibiotics you can get on them sooner verses later...it seems like once something gets through our immune systems, it's harder to recover because of the meds...you take good care and keep us posted.
Love, Beth -----Original Message----- From: Marty Gartenberg <[email protected]> To: cmlhope <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 10, 2016 8:41 pm Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Really sick with sore throat and flu. I had my flu shots so 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. -- -- [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.
