Lani,
It is hard for me to tell whether herceptin helped my MS symptoms since my MS only started a year before my breast cancer diagnosis. I can say that my MS got significantly worse when I tried tamoxifen and improved when I stopped. In general, my MS symptoms have steadily diminished over the past four years. Interestingly, relatively new research has shown that cytoxan (which was part of my treatment) is effective against MS.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/543719
So perhaps the combination of the drugs was helpful.
Best,
Monica
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Monica
Dx Nov 2003 HER2+++, ER+, PR+
1.7 cm. left breast, Grade 3, Two nodes out of six, stage IIA
Mastectomy right side
Lumpectomy left side
4 A/C, 4 Taxol plus 49 weeks herceptin
Radiation on left side
No tamoxifen or other hormonal drugs
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