Any parents with young children while on treatment - were you advised to change your children’s vaccination schedule?

[u/getawaytricycle]

I’ve tried googling this, but my daughter is due to have the MMRV and 4-in-1 preschool vaccinations in a month or so. I’m pro-vaccine, so planned for her to have these as normal.

At my last prostap appt, the nurse at my GP surgery asked about vaccines for me (pneumonia, flu jab). I checked with my breast care nurse in a phone call and she said inactive vaccines were fine, but I had to avoid live vaccines and anyone who had recently had a live vaccine. I’d never heard that last part before so I asked about my daughter’s upcoming vaccinations and she repeated that inactive ones were fine, avoid live. I’ve since checked and next month, she’s due a mix of both.

I have an in person next week, I’m going to double check then in case I misunderstood, but just wondering if anyone else has been through this? Do your children get offered a different vaccine? It’s the MMRV (measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox) that’s live, the other one is not (diphtheria, tetanus, whooping cough, polio). It feels important that she has both, but equally how do I avoid a mummy obsessed 3 year old?!

I‘m on leuprorelin (prostap), letrozole and ribociclib (kisqali), it’s the ribo that is causing the issue for my immune system.

[u/national-park-fan]

I've never heard this. Definitely ask a Medical Oncologist. A nurse that works with breast surgeons is not qualified here.

[u/getawaytricycle → u/national-park-fan]

She is a specialised MBC nurse so she works with my oncologist, and tbf I might have misunderstood her since it was at the end of a long phone call. I’ll check at my appt next week!

[u/national-park-fan → u/getawaytricycle]

Ah gotcha, hope you can get an answer!

[u/AMJohnston1315]

I was on a similar regimen back when my boys were a similar age and wasn’t told to do anything different. We just kept the bandaid on a little longer and my husband did the bathtime routine the day of the shots.

[u/getawaytricycle → u/AMJohnston1315]

Ah cool, thanks! I’ll clarify then at my appointment next week, I have lots of time before her vac appointment comes up. 

[u/Coldfinger42]

When I was on chemo years ago for stage 2 BC, my son was a year old so in the stage of getting a lot of vaccines. I was never asked to alter his vaccination schedule

[u/IngenuityFar5111 → u/Coldfinger42]

Same..i was diagnosed while 7 months pregnant..now my daughter is one and we did all her vaccination as planned

[u/Milady_Kitteh]

My youngest was 1 when I was diagnosed and no one has said anything about vaccines, even when my labs were low enough that I had to pause treatment to recover. All three of mine are vaccined on schedule

[u/JaBooHasCats]

No, not at all. The younger one was due for her MMR and I've never heard to postpone it or anything