Hello

As part of receiving chemo for an ovarian teratoma, the person in question has their blood count tested every month before treatment commences. While her blood count is often low and treatment is held off for a couple of days, this time, we have received a call saying she is neutropenic (sp?) and she mustn't leave the house, and have as few people come into the house as possible. Apart from a slight sore throat, she is feeling ok.However, through this cycle she has recovered much faster than normal, and has felt better throughout.
So, the questions I want to ask are these:

Is it likely that, after feeling so well compared with usual cycles, her immune system is so much lower? How did this happen?

And secondly, we have just been to a large family gathering with hundreds of people (literally) before we knew. Could this have contributed, and what should we do about this?

Your help would be greatly appreciated,

Starlight