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emmasmom · 05-13-2006, 07:54 PM

I just finished 12 weeks of taxol/herceptin and will be on herceptin every three weeks for the next year. I have had few side effects from this combination. The week after I finished, I had a horrible flu for 2 days and now have a horrible sinus infection. My nose hasn't stopped running in almost a week and my head feels like it is going to explode. My teeth even hurt from the pressure. (I have had these types of infections before breast cancer). My onc put me on Augmenten and is treating it like a sinus infection. Is this really a sinus infection or is a reaction to the herceptin?

Lisa

05-13-2006, 07:54 PM	#1
emmasmom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 42	Is this treatment related or just a Sinus infection? I just finished 12 weeks of taxol/herceptin and will be on herceptin every three weeks for the next year. I have had few side effects from this combination. The week after I finished, I had a horrible flu for 2 days and now have a horrible sinus infection. My nose hasn't stopped running in almost a week and my head feels like it is going to explode. My teeth even hurt from the pressure. (I have had these types of infections before breast cancer). My onc put me on Augmenten and is treating it like a sinus infection. Is this really a sinus infection or is a reaction to the herceptin? Lisa