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MJo · 12-15-2009, 09:43 AM

Just had interesting conversation with Blood Bank rep. I can't give blood until five years after end of treatment. She was counting my radiation ending July 2006 as end of treatment. I asked her if Herceptin (ended 11/2006) counts as treatment. She didn't know and she's going to check it and call me back. So I don't know if I can start giving blood again in July 2011 or December 2011.

I thought it was interesting that the Blood Bank rep had never heard of Herceptin and that she didn't know whether to count it as treatment or not.

12-15-2009, 09:43 AM	#1
MJo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wilmington, Del. Posts: 1,126	Blood Bank Donation Just had interesting conversation with Blood Bank rep. I can't give blood until five years after end of treatment. She was counting my radiation ending July 2006 as end of treatment. I asked her if Herceptin (ended 11/2006) counts as treatment. She didn't know and she's going to check it and call me back. So I don't know if I can start giving blood again in July 2011 or December 2011. I thought it was interesting that the Blood Bank rep had never heard of Herceptin and that she didn't know whether to count it as treatment or not. __________________ 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