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Re: Please post your two cents on Herceptin "side effects" real or perceived!
Hi islandgird & chezzy,
I feel very similar to both of you. At 43 I'm getting off the couch like I'm 70 years. It takes a few tipples before I can straighten up. I didn't attribute this to Herceptin and thought this was left over from Taxol (Mine is not quite as bad as islandgirl though). I finished the Taxol first part of Dec 09 and I feel like it has gradually gotten better (very, very gradual but at least change in the right direction.)
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4/09 suspicious lump in left breast
5/09 biopsi lead to diagnosis ER/PR -
Her2+.Grade 3,full masectomy left breast,sentinel nodes clear,Stage 1
6/09 Adriamycin + Cytoxan 4 treatments (every 3 weeks) followed by Taxol + Herceptin, 1 treatment weekly for 12 weeks, followed by Herceptin for 40 weeks
MRI Brain 4/10 clear
CT Body 4/10 clear
PET Body 2/11 clear
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