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Silly me. Edited once again to add: occasional nosebleeds, 2 sinus infections (never had either before H.) LVEF dropped to 51% at one point.
Side effects from Herceptin that I am experiencing are vaginal dryness and terrible muscle cramps in my fingers, toes, feet, calves, thighs and rib cage. The cramps seem to occur more frequently at night or in the evening. I don't know if these effects are due to the 3- week dosing schedule or just because I've been on it for a while. I've been using Astroglide for the vaginal dryness.
Edited to add: the muscle cramps are probably caused by something else. I've been off Taxol for 7 months and this started just recently. Who knows...
I'm regaining my health and recovering from chemo which ended in June 2007.
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IDC Stage IIIA
Diagnosed Nov 2006 (routine mammogram), age 51
Lumpectomy, lymph node dissection Dec 2006
3 cm tumor, 8 cancerous lymph nodes
Grade 3, ER/PR -, HER-2/neu +++ (by FISH, average 20 copies per cell)
A/C x 4, Taxol x 12, Herceptin x 47 weeks
35 radiation treatments
Completed treatment on April 3, 2008
Chest port removed October 2009
11 years since diagnosis NED
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