Shell...to answer your questions about Avastin
Well, I was on Avastin about 1 year ago. I tolerated it very well. I took it with Herceptin. However, my Dr. stopped it because my lung mets grew slightly in size. When I start a new med, my onc. will give it between 8 - 12 weeks to do something before I have a CT scan done. She took me off of it and then started me on something else.
I just recently took Doxil w/herceptin and it was rough on me (the Doxil not the herceptin). I had to take alot of pre-meds in the IV before I got the Doxil. My onc. ended up stopping it because I got hand and foot really, really bad and horrible mouth sores (stomititis). The mouth sores were so bad that I didn't eat for a week and I lost 10 pds. My onc. had to give me a Rx for vicodin the pain was so bad.
Good luck and ask me anything!!!!!!
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-- Cathy34
Thanks to my wonderful husband Steve....I couldn't get through this without you!
Wife and mother to 3 wonderful kids - ages 9, 8 and 3
Dx April 2004
Her2+++,ER/PR--,28lymph nodes removed - 2+, no rads
Radical Mastectomy 5/2004
Recrunstruction 10/2004
Chemo ....
A/C/T
5 FU
Gemzar
Avastin
Xeloda
Navelbine
Herceptin
Doxil
Starting Tykerb Trial
Lung Mets
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