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Debbie L. · 10-06-2010, 08:30 PM

Toni asked: Did any of you have trouble with shortness of breath with exercize or distance walking while on chemo and Herceptin?

Toni, I don't know how to take your question to a new thread, but maybe a moderator will do that for us?

The answer is no. I did not have trouble with shortness of breath during chemo but I did have trouble with weakness that I called jelly-muscles. I was a hiker (long story about AI's, relating to the "was" part of that statement), and during A/C, it seemed like my thighs would give out before I could exert myself enough to get short of breath. I think it's different for each of us, and chemo definitely weakens the body (and of course, we hope, the cancer).

How are your MUGAs or ECHOs? What does your onc say?

Debbie Laxague

10-06-2010, 08:30 PM	#16
Debbie L. Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 463	Re: Would like to hear from any Er-, Pr-. with lymph nodes involved? Toni asked: Did any of you have trouble with shortness of breath with exercize or distance walking while on chemo and Herceptin? Toni, I don't know how to take your question to a new thread, but maybe a moderator will do that for us? The answer is no. I did not have trouble with shortness of breath during chemo but I did have trouble with weakness that I called jelly-muscles. I was a hiker (long story about AI's, relating to the "was" part of that statement), and during A/C, it seemed like my thighs would give out before I could exert myself enough to get short of breath. I think it's different for each of us, and chemo definitely weakens the body (and of course, we hope, the cancer). How are your MUGAs or ECHOs? What does your onc say? Debbie Laxague