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dchips1 · 02-22-2010, 12:55 PM

How many doses or how long after taking the first dose (1000 mg), has others experienced side effects? Almost 8 hours after first dose at the moment feel about the same as I have been. My husband even called home to make sure I was still ok, I laughed and said well I have not turned purple yet or totally crazy potty(poop) runs yet!!! It's kinda weird the little bit of fear when I look at 4 orange pills in my hand. I have gotten tons of meds IV over the last few months and years without thinking much about it (except for the 1rst chemo in 2006), yet the fear of those 4 orange pills definatly sent me to my knees in prayers, and then you know it is all going to be ok because God says so, he got me this far!!!

Darita

02-22-2010, 12:55 PM	#1
dchips1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Mesa, Az Posts: 219	Started Tykerb today How many doses or how long after taking the first dose (1000 mg), has others experienced side effects? Almost 8 hours after first dose at the moment feel about the same as I have been. My husband even called home to make sure I was still ok, I laughed and said well I have not turned purple yet or totally crazy potty(poop) runs yet!!! It's kinda weird the little bit of fear when I look at 4 orange pills in my hand. I have gotten tons of meds IV over the last few months and years without thinking much about it (except for the 1rst chemo in 2006), yet the fear of those 4 orange pills definatly sent me to my knees in prayers, and then you know it is all going to be ok because God says so, he got me this far!!! Darita __________________ dx 1/06 IDC 2cm 38 at dx 2/06 L mast nodes 3/9+ SNB neg ER-/Pr - her2 + Stg 4 liver/pelvis 3/06-9/06Taxol/Carbo/zometa/Herceptin 3/07 6 brain mets WBR down to c-2 4/07 osteonecrosis jaw 1/08 mri new 9mm lesion right lower side 2/08 gamma knife 1 lesion 11/08 regamma 10/09 latent rad necrosis to brain met, 1/20/10 crani: lesion necrosis w active cells continue her add tykerb 1/11 NED just Ingrown toenail! YEAH GOD 8/11 Tykerb, herceptin weekly, elevated her2 levels, negative scans oct -march 11 new neuro deficits lower legs 3/12 2 spinal metsTykerb, Herceptin 04/12 4050cGY rads T 2-4 & T7-9 5/12 Brain,cervical lumbar clear/thoracic slight decrease 10/12 t 2-4 shrunk t-9 grew start Xeloda, 02/13 stop xeloda,5/13 on metformin, decadron, Tykerb, iv and IT herceptin 5/30/13 total #11 #2 of 80mg dose weekly. 9/13 100mg of IT her, IV hern, 750 mg tykerb, 3mg dec. last Mri T--3 SHRUNK t7-9 shrunk no edema. Left shift in CBC bone marrow BX negative. 10/13 Ct has shown Double left ureters with stones/cysts in them, after 3 births and lots and U/S iit takes cancer to figure out you have 2 smaller ureters going into 1 kidney! 12/13 Mri brain no new lesions, cervical and lumbar arthritis. Tspine lesion at T3 stable, T 7-9 GROWTH lots of pain 1/29/14 HIHO HIHO its off to Neuro surgery I go Life is Good when you wake up in the morning and take a breath and know that God has given me another day.