38.1

That's not good. Well, it'd not be if my temperature stayed at that level....

Having had a remarkable good first few days, I woke yesterday again feeling OK - until I got up to shower. Whoopsie... fainting feeling... maybe I'll have that duvet (half!) day!!!   Being sensible is good.

Had a gentle afternoon, adding up and taking away, preparing for a committee meeting in the evening but, feeling tired again decided to snooze before dinner... and got a temperature (37.6). Now this is not good, since chemo damages the immune system, and I need to watch for infection - when it hits 38C I *have* to come into hospital to check and if necessary have antibiotics, following a clear and rapid process.

So we had dinner and I checked again - damn. 38.1C. Call the emergency line, quick discussion, decide I'd better come in anyway (no other symptoms, evening temp is always up, better safe than sorry). Well, talk about cautious - which btw I think is a good thing: even though it was back to 37.x when I arrived (19:00 last night), they decided to admit me and administer an i/v course of antibiotics overnight. "But I'm fine!!!". "Yes, but...!". so and ECG and chest X ray later, I might be home this afternoon! Being sensible is good.

<Later...>

In the end, everyone agreed we took the right decision - "whatever the likley reason, if it hit's 38 goro A&E!".  And everyone also agreed the most likely explanation was a reaction to the effect of the chemo.  (Everyone also agreed that it is possible to track temperature too often!)