How much did you limit social contact while living with chemo?

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If you have lived with a family member who is undergoing chemotherapy what precautions are you/did you take in terms of mixing with other people?

Did you reduce or avoid social contact with other people, including friends etc, to reduce your exposure to germs which will have very serious consequences if passed onto the patient? Did you almost live like you were in isolation or lockdown during the chemo?

The reason I ask is there seems to be very little info about this - aside from avoiding contact with obviously sick people - do you go about your usual business at work, social mixing with others like friends etc, or do you try and avoid everyone for the duration of the treatment?

I’m very specifically talking about mixing with people and not cleaning the house etc. It is DP who is having the treatment and I’m trying to do the right thing.

When I was on chemo earlier this year I asked my oncologist about mixing with other people, whether I should use a mask on the tube/in busy enclosed areas, etc. I was told not to worry too much about it, he implied that I was more likely to have trouble fighting off a bacterial infection caused by my own body than just being out and about and socialising as normal when I felt well enough. He did say however don’t mix with obviously unwell people (colds/covid etc) as getting ill with that can delay a chemo cycle. However it may depend on what chemo drugs your husband is on as to what risk there is. So in essence, no, I did not reduce contact with people and certainly wasn’t isolating. In fact mixing with friends and family when I felt well enough was one of the only enjoyable things during chemo!
Wishing your husband well on his journey.