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Re: Weekly Or Once Every 3 Weeks---herceptin
I have been on Herceptin since November 2008 every 3 weeks and will finish Oct. 2009. It's inconvenient anyway you look at it.
Also my infusion lasts 30 minutes.
I read here some people are getting 90 minutes of Herceptin. I thought that was just for the initial infusion. The protocol in B.C. Canada is if the patient does not experience any problems after 'x' amount of infusions then 30 minutes is ok, and another 30 minutes of observation.
I have a friend who was doing chemo every week along with Herceptin and now that she's finished with all of it she has major issues with fatigue and joint/muscle pain. I wonder if weekly doses don't give the body time to repair?
Diannes
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Three years and 5 months NED
Dx: Aug 2008 right breast IDC with 50% of tumor DCIS, Stage II or IIA, tumor size: 2.1 cm
Grade 3
8/9 Richardson/Bloom test
ER+ weakly positive
Alred Score: 4 (suggesting I would strongly benefit from hormone therapy)
PR-,
HER2 positive +++
No vascular invasion
No lymph nodes involved
Surgery: Sept. 9, 2008 -Modified radical mastectomy, right breast. I chose to have a simple mastectomy on the left. Began Taxotere/Carboplatin/Herceptin November, 2008. Finished T/C March 2009. Finished #16 Herceptin Sept. 09. AI's and Tamoxifen made me sick. Began natural Tamoxifen which is Quercetin, I3C and a combo of other supplements. I am also a DES Daughter. There is now a link between DES exposure in utero and breast cancer!
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