CancerCompass message board discussion started by Tina 58 on 7/21/2006 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,6125,0.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My name is Tina and my mom has CLL. She recently was on antibiotics for something else and we were wondering if this could have elevated her white blood count? I hope someone would know about this. Also, with CLL, I read where fruit and vegetables are a NO-NO? This surprised us. Can anyone help? Tina 58 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT antibioticss will not raise the WBC but an infection will. Why was she taking them? Many cancer patients become neutropenic with their chemotherapy. This makes it difficult to fight infections. If neutrophil counts drop to near or below 1000, patients should be on a neutropenic diet and should be in close touch with their hematologists. Following are examples of foods that must be avoided when on a neutropenic diet: Raw nuts, vegetables, and salads Apples, peaches, grapes, plums, nectarines, kiwi, strawberries, and other uncooked thin-skinned fruits Self-serve buffets, salad bars, and deli foods Cheeses such as feta, brie, camembert, blue, etc. Raw or rare meats, fish, and poultry Commercially prepared potato or macaroni salad Raw, un-pasteurized milk and eggnog or milkshakes made with raw eggs Bakery breads, muffins, cakes donuts, and cream or custard filled cakes Oncrx Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT Oh, thank you for writing me back! My mom was on antibiotics for Immacular degenerative disease. She is not on chemotherapy yet for CLL. We were just hoping with a sensible diet the CLL could be slowed down! Again, I thank you for your time and response!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tina Tina 58 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT she should be able to eat anything as long as she is not neutropenic. The purpose of the neutropenic diet is to avoid bacteria. It is unlikely that any diet would effect the CLL. Oncrx Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT Thank you for your time...it is appreciated! Tina 58 Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT