Forum: her2group
11-25-2005, 11:04 AM
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Last Herceptin today?
Thank you Lyn for your response.
I had another Herceptin treatment today and can't help wondering if it has been the last. Moreover, this week is the anniversary of the screening mammogram which...
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Forum: her2group
11-24-2005, 02:01 PM
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Heart function dramatically reduced by Herceptin
Has anyone else experienced a significant downturn in cardiac function as a result of Herceptin treatment? I have been on Herceptin for 3 months. My firsst The MUGA test before starting chemo in...
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Forum: her2group
11-01-2005, 12:56 PM
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Replies: 13
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Longer !
I receive an infusion 3-weekly (the usual situation in the UK I believe, where otherwise resources would be over-stretched) and it is supposed to take 90 minnutes - but it has always taken much...
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Forum: her2group
11-01-2005, 02:58 AM
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Replies: 11
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Thanks again
Yes, it seems I missed out the all-important negative. Sorry! I shall mention your comments to my consultant when I see him again later this week.
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Forum: her2group
10-31-2005, 05:40 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,451
Thanks everyone for your contributions.
StephN, with respect I think you misunderstood what I wrote. You said that you had a lot of cancer cells and that you suffered an allergic ‘flu-like reaction when you first had Herceptin. This...
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Forum: her2group
10-31-2005, 08:47 AM
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Replies: 11
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consultant status
I have great faith in him. He is in fact the most senior clinical oncologist at one of the leading hospitals in London: a centre of excellence for breast cancer medicine where the pool of medical...
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Forum: her2group
10-30-2005, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 11
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whoops
Should have typed "less senior doctor" who consented me!
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Forum: her2group
10-30-2005, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,451
Allergic reaction to Herceptin
I was diagnosed in December 2004 with Inflammatory Breast Cancer, a rare and particularly aggressive variety of this vile dsease; there followed chemotherapy, mastectomy and currently radiotherapy. ...
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