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Light Vaginal Bleeding for 2 days after Herceptin/Taxol
I've noticed light vaginal bleeding for two days after each Herceptin/Taxol treatment. I get Herceptin weekly and anti-nausea, steroids and Taxol three weeks out of four. For the past 6 Herceptin/Taxol weeks I've noticed light vaginal bleeding and a little discomfort (like the beginning of a UTI) for a few days, sometimes beginning while I'm having the IV. It always fades away by the wnd of the third day and my onc. doesn't seem concerned about it.
We'd talked about a total of 12 combo treatments before reverting to Herceptin alone (hi ho the dairy oh, Herceptin stands alone) but now he feels that as the treatment is so effective in shrinking my lung mets and I've been tolerating it so well, I should stay on the boat for up to 20 treatments before setting the Herceptin cruise control and going into maintenance mode. Yesterday was treatment 12, so I'm not done yet after all but am kicking some major butt while I can.
Has anyone else had this kind of spotting?
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Kathy S in Tokyo (44)
11/2004 partial masectomy (clear margins) - ER/PR++ HER+++
12/2004 Tamoxifen
11/2005 Clavicle & neck lymph nodes mets
30 Days rads, 7 months CEF-T Chemo
6/2006 mid chemo lung mets oral toremifene
10/2006 changed hospitals
12/2006 Tamoxifen and monthly Zoladex
2/2007 Dramatic growth of mets! Stopped Tamoxifen and Zoladex
3/2007 Began weekly Herceptin
6/2007 Added weekly Taxol to regime
4/2008 More lung mets - stopped Taxol
5/2008 Xeloda - 3 weeks on 1 week off
8/2008 Got a port!
9/2008 Stopped Xeloda, started weekly Navelbine
12/2008 Tumor progression, stopped Navelbine
1/2009 Taxotere begins again, once in every three weekly Herceptin IVs
3/2009 Added Zometa pelvic bone met, lung tumors progressing, stopped Taxotere/Herceptin
4/10/2009 Whoa seizure! 6cm&3cm brain mets. craniotomy and gamma knife surgery 5/15/2009 Started Adria/Cyto stopped 9/15 due to progession. Brain mets back 10/28 surgery more gamma soon
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