I woke up yesterday and didn't feel well (more than usual). By late morning I had developed a low grade fever of about 100.4. I called Kaiser and got an appointment with a GP that was there on Saturday. She did a chest x-ray which didn't show anything (besides the usual stuff that is taking a while to heal) and ran some blood tests...some I've got back and some I haven't. The GP was able to get a hold of my Rheumy...they prescribed Avalox (400mg/day) and sent me home with instructions that if my fever got to 101+ that I go to the hospital. My fever broke that afternoon (with out medicinal assistance) and then came back again today. So I obviously have something, I just don't know what. I'm new at all this and was very afraid of getting an infection. Now that I have one, I'm wondering what to expect. What should I be watching out for? I finished four treatments of RTX about two months ago, I am now on 50mg or pred and 175mg of Imuran.
The thing that really sucks about this is that I just started back at work this past week...already I'm going to start using up some of my sick time. Perhaps it was too soon to return to work...
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