[elcalabrese]

I too received an email about reposting my experience with Herceptin. I have been on this drug since 2002 after being dx with metastatic disease. Other than the fingernail issues and occasional shortness of breath after treatment, I experience no real side effects anymore. I'm not sure if I have just become used to the aches and pains and cognitive issues or if it's just part of getting older and not the treatment after all. After years of weekly treatments, I switched to every 3 weeks a few years back but had an issue with my hands peeling and burning. So I went back to weekly for awhile then switched to the every 3 weeks schedule again. I am able to function after treatment but I choose to go home and rest - letting the drug do it's job. I plan on staying on the treatment as long as I can.