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Alice · 02-19-2006, 08:32 AM

It can all be a little confusing at first. When I saw my treatment plan at first I thought the same thing. After I compaired it to others it was clearer what was meant by one cycle.When I was on carboplatin/taxol/herceptin it was done weekly as yours is only I had the chemo with herceptin 3 weeks on and the 4th week only the herceptin.After I was done with chemo I was switched to herceptin every 3 weeks. This seems to becoming the standard and they may switch you after chemo is done for the remainder of the year. With a couple of delays due to low WBC counts my chemo took aprox 22 weeks to complete so you are right on track.It sounds like a good regimen to me and you will get used to it.I know it isn't much fun but the time will pass and the most important thing is that you are here in the end and keep up the good fight.
Also if you are truly er/pr + this gives you more ammo to fight with.

My thoughts are with you, Alice

02-19-2006, 08:32 AM	#5
Alice Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: southern california Posts: 287	It can all be a little confusing at first. When I saw my treatment plan at first I thought the same thing. After I compaired it to others it was clearer what was meant by one cycle.When I was on carboplatin/taxol/herceptin it was done weekly as yours is only I had the chemo with herceptin 3 weeks on and the 4th week only the herceptin.After I was done with chemo I was switched to herceptin every 3 weeks. This seems to becoming the standard and they may switch you after chemo is done for the remainder of the year. With a couple of delays due to low WBC counts my chemo took aprox 22 weeks to complete so you are right on track.It sounds like a good regimen to me and you will get used to it.I know it isn't much fun but the time will pass and the most important thing is that you are here in the end and keep up the good fight. Also if you are truly er/pr + this gives you more ammo to fight with. My thoughts are with you, Alice Last edited by Alice; 02-19-2006 at 08:35 AM..