HER2 Support Group Forums - View Single Post

MJo · 03-21-2007, 06:23 AM

I went down from 70 to 54 after nine months of Herceptin and the oncologist stopped the treatment. We waited six weeks and retested. Up to 55. That wasn't a big enough jump in his opinion, and I felt comfortable finishing Herc. treatment at 9 months, since I was a Stage 1 small tumor. Always took fish oil capsules, but recently started taking Coq 10. I feel pretty good. Walk five miles a week. (Wimpy compared to some of the Amazons here, but I'm working my way up slowly.)

03-21-2007, 06:23 AM	#8
MJo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wilmington, Del. Posts: 1,126	I went down from 70 to 54 after nine months of Herceptin and the oncologist stopped the treatment. We waited six weeks and retested. Up to 55. That wasn't a big enough jump in his opinion, and I felt comfortable finishing Herc. treatment at 9 months, since I was a Stage 1 small tumor. Always took fish oil capsules, but recently started taking Coq 10. I feel pretty good. Walk five miles a week. (Wimpy compared to some of the Amazons here, but I'm working my way up slowly.) __________________ MJO IDC, Stage I, Grade 2 Oncotype DX Score 32 Her2++ E+P+, Node Neg. Lumpectomy 11/04/05 Clear Margins 3 Dose dense AC (Couldn't tolerate 4) 4 Dose dense Taxol & Herc. (Tolerated well) 36 weeks Herceptin (Could not complete one year due to decrease in MUGA score) 2 years of Arimidex, then three years of Femara Finished Femara May 2011