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Old 01-12-2011, 07:28 PM   #37
chicagoetc
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Re: Chime in please! Has herceptin (or tykerb)affected your eyebrows/lashes,fingers/t

Only to add...Herceptin left me with thin/vulnerable fingernails that seems to crack at any insult and really don't grow back where this happens. My hair is many times thinner and, something I think, keep getting thinner. I have toenail problems which seem to be trying resolve themselves but suspect these are from Taxol.

On the positive side: I am glad to have treatment and be functioning as well as I am.

Melanie
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Diagnosed: 7/13/07 (or 7/7/07)
Surgery: 8/15/07 Modified Radical One Side with Lymph Node Dissection
Pathology Report: ER/PR-, HER2+ with FISH at 8.4 copies, Grade 3, Stage IIIa, 3.2 cm tumor plus 4/19 positive lymph nodes
Portacath: 9/7/07
Chemo: 9/14/07 with AC (every three weeks) for four rounds
Physical Therapy for ROM Loss / "Cording" (but not Lymphodema)
Taxol + Herceptin weekly (started 12/2007 with 8 of 12 Taxol)
Radiation: (28 rads from 3/07 to 4/07)
Reconstruction (silicone implant)
Herceptin done (10/08)
Cognitive Remediation (11/08 - 12/08)
Lymphedema Diagnosed 5/10/10 (almost 3 years post cancer diagnosis)
Lymphedema Rehab 9/10/10 - 11/10/10
Six years NED...7/7/2013!
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