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Donna - Please keep us updated about how the doctors resolve your hives issue. As an asthmatic with multiple allergies, I'm very interested in medication allergies. In fact, I was so afraid of Herceptin that I had myself allergy tested for mouse allergies -- They used mouse embryos to use the petrie dish when they made Herceptin. Don't know if they still do that. Then I found that Taxol is made from ewe trees and the solution used to mix it is made from castor beans. So I worried about castor bean and ewe allergies. Thanks to careful monitoring by my doctor and nurses, I came through just fine. Had to stop Herceptin early due to heart issues, not allergy issues. Go figure.
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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
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