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Quick Question re Long Term Effects of Treatment
[Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays and/or Just Happy Thoughts!]
Given everybody else's serious problems, I have a MINOR (good) one to ask about.
Does anyone know about long term effects of Taxol (and/or A/C or Herceptin)? By long term I mean longer than two or three years. Reason is I seem to be experiencing peripheral neuropathy that I had not experienced since Taxol. Nowhere near the same level but it reminds me of it. It seems to be affecting both feet and hands. More of a nuisance than anything...and probably totally unrelated. But I can't seem to find info re this elsewhere...
Thanks!
Melanie
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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