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pmm10414 · 12-05-2009, 06:55 PM

I sometimes get chills but the hot flashes drive me crazy esp when I first receive my weekly treatment. I react to all chemo though so everyone is different. It seems that for me the side effects other than hot flashes (headaches, muscle and joint aches) are getting to be less with time. I can only hope that it does not get worse since I am roughly half way through my post operation year of Herceptin.

12-05-2009, 06:55 PM	#468
pmm10414 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 53	Re: Please post your two cents on Herceptin "side effects" real or perceived! I sometimes get chills but the hot flashes drive me crazy esp when I first receive my weekly treatment. I react to all chemo though so everyone is different. It seems that for me the side effects other than hot flashes (headaches, muscle and joint aches) are getting to be less with time. I can only hope that it does not get worse since I am roughly half way through my post operation year of Herceptin. __________________ PATTY FOUND MY TUMOR IN 11/08 AFTER CLEAR MAMMOGRAM ON 5/31/08 DX 12/09/2008 STAGE II CHANGED TO STAGE IIIA AFTER MRI SURGURY FOR TWO PET SCAN NODES IN CHEST NEGATIVE (DEC08) AC (4 COMPLETE MAR09) TAXOL HERCEPTIN (12 TREATMENTS COMPLETE IN JUN09 ) SURGERY IN JUN09 - COMPLETE RESPONSE (BOTH BREASTS NEG AND 9/9 LYMPH NODES NEG) NED HERCEPTIN RESTARTED IN JUL09 WEEKLY UNTIL JUL10 PET SCAN - NEGATIVE DEC11 AND AUG09 BRAC - NEGATIVE SEP09 28 RADS COMPLETE SEP09 BONE SCAN - NEGATIVE MAR10 PET SCAN - NEGATIVE DEC11 PET SCAN - SARCOIDOSIS OCT11 thought cancer was back thank The Lord it is not they think!!!!!!