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Are you getting cancer treatments during COVID-19?

Cancer: Managing Symptoms | Last Active: Oct 29, 2022 | Replies (239)
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@seaspray

Thank you Colleen for sending this! I just checked on my portal and they are still saying no masks unless you are sick! It is still worrisome that the 4 doctors and nurses I had contact with Monday & Tuesday for my brain radiation. did not wear masks. Tomorrow I go to an Orthopedic Podiatrist for an ongoing clogged sweat pore in my foot, and I will be wearing a mask. Thursdays I go back to Mayo for labs and then infusion and I plan on wearing a N90 the whole time.

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bookysue | @bookysue | Apr 5, 2020

Wear a mask - yes. Better than doing nothing. Take shower when you get home- in medical place -more more defense mode- our thought are with you while you go the process

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ruttgerbay | @ruttgerbay | Apr 6, 2020

Don't believe everything you see on the internet...or portal. By all means, wear a mask whenever you leave your home. At Mayo Rochester, patients and caregivers alike are required to wear masks in treatment/exam rooms. Nurses and the entire staff wear masks all the time, even tho they have "self-tested" before coming to work and once during the day. I find that to be more accurate on the mask question than anything else. And good luck with the CART-T. My wife is in day 4 and so far, no side effects except extreme fatigue, which could be the result of nadar from chemo on days -5.-4 and -3.

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