[michka]

Hi Amy.
a very little number of women did report a sort of lung inflammation with TDM1 (Kadcyla) and some had to stop. At my 5th or 6th round my scan showed a small zone like depolished glass on the top of both lungs. I had breathing problems. the doctors said it was not cancer and that they did not know what it was from. They also said that the incriminated zones were too small to explain my breathing problems. I continued the treatment and it did not worsen. Because of the breathing problem and the extreme fatigue, the dose was lowered after 10 rounds and the traces in the lungs went away and this before my dosage was lowered a second time after 18 rounds. I am happy the doctors did not stop me because TDM1 wiped out my numerous tumors.
Amy, I hope what the doctors see on the scans will stay small or go away also. It should be watched of course because some girls really had to stop.
I think you are right to try to continue since the results are encouraging.
I hope others will share their experience because we react all so differently.
Hugs, Michka