CancerCompass message board discussion started by Linds on 3/31/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,22524,0.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Hi everyone,My Dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer with mets to the liver in October of 2007.  He's been getting a fever on and off since then, but in the last 3 months, it's been every night, and more recently starting earlier and earlier in the day, now he has it all day and night.  His doctors tell him to keep taking tylenol to bring the fever down, and that the fevers are due to the liver tumors, and it's just part of the disease.  The fevers are getting higher and less responsive to tylenol.  His fever was over 103 degrees and he took 2 extra strength tylenol and it only brought it down a bit after 2 hours so he had to take 2 more.  Has anyone else experienced this?  I am so scared for him that the tylenol will stop working all together and his fever will just keep going up until it kills him.  He's seen 2 oncologists and they dont know what to do for him with the fevers except tell him to keep taking tylenol.  Is this rare or are there others who have had high fevers due to liver tumors and what did you do? Linds Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT My husband had EC with mets to the liver.  He never experienced fevers because of the liver tumors.  The doctors did warn about fever during chemo due to it lowering his immunity.  I would seek another opinion as to the reason for the fever.  There might be some sort of infection going on.  God bless. allpoos Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fever is always a possible sign of infection. Fever, without infection, is occasionally associated with liver cancer.  Has he had chemo recently?  If so, make sure he is not neutropenic (low WBC) as this could be very serious in combination with a fever. Oncrx Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT