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Chelee · 09-14-2010, 10:46 PM

I had my herceptin on Monday 9-13-10. Went in the ladies room & read the label on my Herceptin bag which said, "Return to pharmacy on 9-15-10 if not used". But under that it was actually imprinted into the bag the "Lot number and said expiration date 9-12-10". (I was there on the 13th.)

That makes me think the Herceptin I got was a day past the expriation date? (At one time they wouldn't even mix my herceptin till I was there and in the chair.) I'm going to call my chemo nurse and ask why the two different dates? Have any of you noticed an expriation date on your Herceptin bags? And don't they wait till your there before mixing it up?

Chelee

09-14-2010, 10:46 PM	#1
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	Herceptin & expriation date? I had my herceptin on Monday 9-13-10. Went in the ladies room & read the label on my Herceptin bag which said, "Return to pharmacy on 9-15-10 if not used". But under that it was actually imprinted into the bag the "Lot number and said expiration date 9-12-10". (I was there on the 13th.) That makes me think the Herceptin I got was a day past the expriation date? (At one time they wouldn't even mix my herceptin till I was there and in the chair.) I'm going to call my chemo nurse and ask why the two different dates? Have any of you noticed an expriation date on your Herceptin bags? And don't they wait till your there before mixing it up? Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.