I woke up yesterday with an interesting rash of blisters all over my chest, stomach, and back. I am an EMT, so I had a few ideas of what it was, but the first thing I thought of was CHICKEN POX!!

I called my doctor's office right away, and they looked up the records of the last time that I was in the office (12 days ago) and they had a little girl there at the same time as I was, that had full blown chicken pox. That meant that I was exposed! Exposed with a compromised immune system. Great! That's all that I need! I have already had the flu, a cold, a UTI, and some sort of stomach virus since starting chemo, I don't need this too!


Thankfully, I went to the doctor, she told me that I wasn't chicken pox, that it was a severe allergic reaction to, get this... Benadryl! She said that being on all of these different meds and having practically no immune system, that I can develop strange and rare allergies.

My point in all of this... be VERY careful about your surroundings. Be aware of what you are exposing yourself to! Remember, you get sicker a whole lot faster and a whole lot easier while on chemo!

February 16th, 2008 9:30am