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Re: Hi. Introduction. Question regarding herceptin reaction
Hello. I had a bad reaction to taxotere and they actually had the crash carts come running in. I had very bad chest pain and shortness of breath. They gave me a large dose of benadryl and proceeded to start the taxotere again. Well it happened again and that was the end of taxotere for me. Herceptin was easy compared to that. I do have resisdual side effects and it is 3 years later but it saved by life. I was on it 5 years every other week only taking breaks when my ejection fraction went down. I'm cancer free three years.
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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