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Sherryg683 · 12-23-2007, 10:20 PM

I have always done mine every week now for 2 years because I have had problems with reactions with Herceptins, terrible head and body aches. A couple of months ago, I figured I would try to switch to the 3 week schedule and boy did I have a reaction. I felt like I had the flu for 4 days. I live very close to my facility and it's a pain to go in every week but it seems to be the only way my body can tolerate it well. I might try again to do the 3 week schedule because it was nice not going in there for that long..sherryg

12-23-2007, 10:20 PM	#18
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	I have always done mine every week now for 2 years because I have had problems with reactions with Herceptins, terrible head and body aches. A couple of months ago, I figured I would try to switch to the 3 week schedule and boy did I have a reaction. I felt like I had the flu for 4 days. I live very close to my facility and it's a pain to go in every week but it seems to be the only way my body can tolerate it well. I might try again to do the 3 week schedule because it was nice not going in there for that long..sherryg __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!