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Re: Pre-meds and Navelbine
My first oncologist gave me Navelbine without any pre-meds - the only SE I experienced was some diarrhea that night (which was not serious). After 3 treatments with this onc, I switched to a new onc - his nurse gave me pre-meds (a steroid, forget the name) - and it gave me extremely painful gas and constipation for three days! For my next infusion I insisted they eliminate the pre-meds, and felt much better dealing only with the diarrhea........of course everyone is different, but I think with Navelbine, my first onc was very smart to withhold the pre-meds until they could see if I suffered any SEs. Why give unnecessary meds to patients if there's no guarantee they'll have SEs - it just causes another set of SEs! In my case - less was more.
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Kathy
2/5/08 - dx age 53, post-menopausal;
IDC Stage 1, Grade 1
ER+ 90% /PR+ 90% /Her2++++, BRAC1 & 2 neg
3/5/08 - mast with muscle-sparing free tram;
0/7 nodes clear; Stage 1 lymphedema in right arm
3/11/08 - MRSA infection in abdomen causes large hernia
4/11/08 - Oncotype DX score 22 (intermediate)
4/12/08 - Muga score 67%
4/23/08 - Chemo, Navelbine and Herceptin every 2 weeks
8/20/08 - Last Navelbine infusion! Yay!
1/22/09 - First mammo since dx - unaffected breast CLEAR!
1/30/09 - Second Muga score 63%
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