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Her2nSue · 04-18-2006, 09:41 PM

Hi Everybody,

Today I finished my 12 weeks of Taxol and Herceptin. Next week I start taking a pill called Femeral (to stop producing estrogen). Then I will be doing 13 cycles of Herceptin once every 3 weeks. I was given the option of weekly, but for convenience I went for the other way.

For those of you who have already started this triple dose of Herceptin, have you experienced any ill affects from it? Currently, I don't have any reaction to the single dose I was given with the benedryl, but I was just curious on how it might affect the body when the dosage gets increased like that. Currently, I seem to "crash" by day 3 after enfusion of taxol and feel extremely tired. Was wondering if the tiredness still persists with the Herceptin only enfusion.
Thanks for any opinions that could be helpful to lessen my anxiety.

Sue - er+, pr+, her2neu 3+, 1cn, no node activity, mastectomy in Oct.

p.s. can anyone give me an answer to what the FISH test results mean? I asked the onc. today and he couldn't give me a definite answer other than I rated 15 on the test. Left me very unsettled on not getting an answer.

04-18-2006, 09:41 PM	#11
Her2nSue Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Clutier, Iowa Posts: 61	herceptin weekly vs once every 3 weeks Hi Everybody, Today I finished my 12 weeks of Taxol and Herceptin. Next week I start taking a pill called Femeral (to stop producing estrogen). Then I will be doing 13 cycles of Herceptin once every 3 weeks. I was given the option of weekly, but for convenience I went for the other way. For those of you who have already started this triple dose of Herceptin, have you experienced any ill affects from it? Currently, I don't have any reaction to the single dose I was given with the benedryl, but I was just curious on how it might affect the body when the dosage gets increased like that. Currently, I seem to "crash" by day 3 after enfusion of taxol and feel extremely tired. Was wondering if the tiredness still persists with the Herceptin only enfusion. Thanks for any opinions that could be helpful to lessen my anxiety. Sue - er+, pr+, her2neu 3+, 1cn, no node activity, mastectomy in Oct. p.s. can anyone give me an answer to what the FISH test results mean? I asked the onc. today and he couldn't give me a definite answer other than I rated 15 on the test. Left me very unsettled on not getting an answer.