[Erin]

Harrie,
Welcome. Melinda is right, you will find lots of info on this subject on her earlier thread. My info is there but I will add that I am experiencing a great deal of heartburn. I had it already for years and had been sucessfully treating it with prescription meds daily, but I have had to double up and start using tums for intermient flare-ups despite the meds. I had my second round yesterday and haven't had as much trouble with the decadron insomnia as last time. Do have a pretty intractable headache though - don't know if that is herceptin related (?).

As many others have said, I am finding TCH doable. I have missed very little work so far - though I am very lucky in having a fairly sedentary job, and a wonderful boss and co-workers who are picking up the slack for me when chemo-brain sets in.

Best of luck, dear. Bring all your questions, concerns, and emotions here. This group is wonderful! I have been on a couple of other message boards but find that the HER2 + status changes so much for us in terms of treatment choices and outcomes, this site is much better and the info and advice is much more relevant.

Keep us posted!