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v-ness · 09-04-2010, 07:29 AM

hi vicky - i bet your heat wave has also relented because you are ER- and don't have to take tamoxifen. that stuff wreaks havoc, i find. doesn't help that this has been a summer in new england much over 90 degrees and terribly humid. i never liked AC before but now know that if it didn't exist i'd be miserable. the other day i recalled that i used to collect antique fans so i think i'm going to keep the smallest of them in my purse and whip it out a la scarlett o'hara when the going gets hot. i'm really glad you beat the heat, you've been through enough. valerie

09-04-2010, 07:29 AM	#24
v-ness Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: western ma Posts: 280	Re: Does Herceptin cause sweating? hi vicky - i bet your heat wave has also relented because you are ER- and don't have to take tamoxifen. that stuff wreaks havoc, i find. doesn't help that this has been a summer in new england much over 90 degrees and terribly humid. i never liked AC before but now know that if it didn't exist i'd be miserable. the other day i recalled that i used to collect antique fans so i think i'm going to keep the smallest of them in my purse and whip it out a la scarlett o'hara when the going gets hot. i'm really glad you beat the heat, you've been through enough. valerie __________________ 8/09 - IDC 1.8 cm triple positive, lumpectomy left breast 10/09 began chemo (taxotere & carboplatin) and weekly herceptin. 1/21/10 finished chemo, continued on herceptin every 3 weeks until 10/2010. 2/10 began 7 wks of radiation 6/10 mom dies of primary peritoneal ovarian cancer 8/10 got my last remaining ovary out 10/10 mammogram all clear 3/11 MRI shows 5 'spots' in right breast, largest 1 cm unidentifiable on US needle biopsy proved the largest to be old inflamed cyst -phew! 7/10 switched to Arimidex 8/9 switched to Femara - allergic to arimidex Femara made me lose hair quickly so switched to Aromasin Aromasin made my hair fall out too and the bone pain was too much. back on Tamoxifen 1/2013. blood clot from trains and planes 5/2014 so on coumadin per onco for as long as i am on tamoxifen tamoxifen was supposed to be up with my 5 yrs in may but my boyfriend was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer so i am staying on tamoxifen indefinitely because i want some ammo against BC, given the stress. lost my husband in only 10 wks in 2007 to stage 4 esophageal cancer. cancer's screwing with another man i love 2/2016 - 6yrs in remission, off tamoxifen and off coumadin - yay!