Starting Chemo in September and was told that I need a digital thermometer to take my temperature incase I have one of the side affects of high temperature - which ones do you recommend???
Have been looking on Amazon and prices are ranging for £4 to £50+ so is cheaper ones still has good has expensive ones??
You can get them from the poundshop, but I haven’t a clue if they are any good.
I bought two from Argos. Made by Vicks and about £5 each. Good to have two, just incase you leave home for a while.
I got a cheapish one from Boots and dropped it on the floor within a week. My replacement from morrisons cost a couple of quid and did fine
I went to boots and bought one for about £6.50. Then at my first chemo they gave me one.
The battery ran out on the boots one in less than 6 months, not very useful!!!
Hi Rainbowwitch
I started my Chemo at the end of June 2011 and already had a digital thermometer but managed to misplace it so got another one from Asda that only cost a few pounds. I then found the original thermometer and started using both to compare performance. They both work just as well as each other so I wouldn’t spend a lot. The ones I have go in the mouth but I noticed that the hospital use fancy ones that beep in your ear and I don’t know how much those are.
Good luck with your Chemo.
Deb
Hi - I bought mine from poundland - seem to work just fine and I have one for upstairs and one for downstairs for those days when the stairs seem like Mount Everest (thankfully few of those so far!)
Ruby.x
Hospitals tend to use tympanometers (intra aural) these days as they give a fast, accurate result that doesn’t involve mouths. They have a disposable paper cone on them in use - wouldn’t be practical to use paper in the gob!
Simple digital ones are fine - I was given one by the chemo unit and it gives exactly the same results as the Stalagluft’s tympanometer.
hi there i got mine from local chemist £2.99 and have seen the same one cheaper and it did the job and still does ,dont get ripped off shop around xxx