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StephN · 08-09-2005, 11:19 PM

Hello -
Sorry to hear that your blood counts are low and distressing.
This is not something that I am familiar with as I got Herceptin as part of a group of drugs to fight of stage IV mets.
Then once I had "no evidence of disease" have been on the Herceptin alone for over 3 years.
No problem with my blood counts, either one of them or neutraphils.

This problem as a side effect has not been really brought up on this board before that I can recall. There are quite abunch of us here who get Herceptin on a long-term basis to keep out mets at bay and this has not been the complaint.

I suspect that the low counts is a holdover from the chemo, which can take a while to get over.

08-09-2005, 11:19 PM	#10
StephN Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Misty woods of WA State Posts: 4,128	Hello - Sorry to hear that your blood counts are low and distressing. This is not something that I am familiar with as I got Herceptin as part of a group of drugs to fight of stage IV mets. Then once I had "no evidence of disease" have been on the Herceptin alone for over 3 years. No problem with my blood counts, either one of them or neutraphils. This problem as a side effect has not been really brought up on this board before that I can recall. There are quite abunch of us here who get Herceptin on a long-term basis to keep out mets at bay and this has not been the complaint. I suspect that the low counts is a holdover from the chemo, which can take a while to get over.