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NanaJoni · 05-26-2010, 08:11 AM

Hi Vicky - So far, so good on my first "day after". As of now, I'm feeling okay -just having some shakiness and very mild stomach cramps. Eating normally with no other gastric problems. Kind of feeling like waiting for the ax to fall. I go at 4 pm today for the Neulasta shot and have been told to expect some "flu-like" symptoms and achiness from that. Taking things easy and happy to have a big "X" on the calendar marked "Chemo #1". I must have just misunderstood my onc. doc., though, on the regimen because I was surprised yesterday when we met and he said I'd be coming every week for the Herceptin and the chemo every 21 days with Herceptin then, too. I didn't remember (and neither did my husband) that the herceptin would be weekly. Wondered if it was changed due to my echo (had a LVEF of 55)....or if we just didn't get the info clear on the first visit which is more likely. Either way - it's just wonderful to be moving forward. Thanks again for checking in.

05-26-2010, 08:11 AM	#7
NanaJoni Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Elizabethton, TN Posts: 418	Re: Statistics from Peru for DFS and OS in Her2+ & ER+/- BC Hi Vicky - So far, so good on my first "day after". As of now, I'm feeling okay -just having some shakiness and very mild stomach cramps. Eating normally with no other gastric problems. Kind of feeling like waiting for the ax to fall. I go at 4 pm today for the Neulasta shot and have been told to expect some "flu-like" symptoms and achiness from that. Taking things easy and happy to have a big "X" on the calendar marked "Chemo #1". I must have just misunderstood my onc. doc., though, on the regimen because I was surprised yesterday when we met and he said I'd be coming every week for the Herceptin and the chemo every 21 days with Herceptin then, too. I didn't remember (and neither did my husband) that the herceptin would be weekly. Wondered if it was changed due to my echo (had a LVEF of 55)....or if we just didn't get the info clear on the first visit which is more likely. Either way - it's just wonderful to be moving forward. Thanks again for checking in. __________________ Joni -64 yrs old - 3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast 3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated 3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear 3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side 4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides 5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo 07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side. 07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin 08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont. 12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks 4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc. 5/2011 - NED!!! port out. 8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED 7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed. 2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.