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While I was on chemo both my red and white blood counts were low. White count got so low that I had to wear a surgical mask to prevent infection. I was getting Neulasta shots the day after chemo to bring up my white counts and Procrit shots the day of chemo to bring up my red count (hemoglobin). I am now only getting Herceptin and my hemoglobin continues to be low. I usually hoovers around 12.5 and 2 weeks after my Herceptin treatment it plummets to below 11. So when my hemoglobin drops below 12 I still get Procrit shots. I am eating better than I ever have and take a multivitamin, B complex, B12, COQ10, and fish oil tablets.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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