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Re: Please post your two cents on Herceptin "side effects" real or perceived!
Karen, you are alive. I too had alot of side effects but whrn you look at the whole picture, you realize if it were not for the Herceptin, we may not be here to complain about the side effects. I am so thankful for Herceptin. It saved my life. I was given a 28% chance to survive 2 years and I am still her NED for over 7 years. I wish you the best. Mary L
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Mary L from PA Diag: Oct 2003 w/6mm mass, IDC grade III ductal carcinoma in-situ, IBC stage IIIB. tx A/C followed by Taxotere(only able to have 2 tx, allergic), mastectomy, 3 0ut of 7 positive nodes. 35 rads. Recurrence 9 months later, skin mets to mastectomy site. Tx Carboplatin/Herceptin. Stayed on Herceptin almost 5 years, had 3 more recurrences when I had to stop Herceptin due to my ejection fraction getting too low. Herceptin stopped and ned 3 years in Oct. 2010.
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