[Jyber]

I had to stop herceptin because of a drop in my LVEF of over 10%. It was still in the 50s but had gone down from 65 and was not going back up despite the herceptin pause. My oncologist said the max pause is three months and if the hereptin can't be started again at that point, it is stopped permanently. (f course, if a patient is stage 4 that could be different.)

I ended up with about four months of herceptin and can only hope it was enough.

At first I was bummed to stop the herceptin but now have accepted it. My oncologist says I may have been cured of my breast cancer but I was definitely suffering heart damage from the herceptin. She said she did not want to be responsible for my developing a heart condition.