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Re: Herceptin without MUGA?
Hi - sorry, just saw this post - but I live in Italy - and they do a baseline but with a ultrasound - as they do not do a MUGA here - they don't want to put the heart under any more stress by putting the radioactive dye into it - so they prefer to do the ultrasounds and not the MUGA (I actually was worried at first but then thought - shoot, I don't want any more radiation inserted directly into my blood stream!) so.... then after consideration I am hoping (praying) that this test is enough to monitor my heart when on the Herception.
Hope this helped.... Karen
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Karen Wheelhouse Age: 46
Facebook id: Karen Wheel
2-09 – Age 44 -Biopsy-Cancer
3-09 – Right Quadrantectomy. Clear margins.
3 lymph nodes taken - all clear
Tumor results: Stage 1, 1.5 cm, Her2 +++
Est positive 80% - Prog 10% - Ki67 postive 30%
4-09 – Became a vegan! pH balance of body - cancer can't grow in neutral pH!
4-09 Started Herceptin & Chemo (9 weeks of Navelbine *)
* FYI - when coupled with Herceptin has the same results as more toxic chemo. No brainer!
8-09 - 30 RADS
9-09 - Said NO to hormone therapy
4-10 Finished Herceptin!!!!
7-10 PET Scan & other exams .... All clear! YIPPEE!!!!
11-10 Breast, organ Ultrasounds and lung x-rays all clear no changes ... NED!
2-25-2011 --- 2 years from surgery and NED!!!!!!
7-2011 Clear bone scan and full body and head MRI! NED! NED! NED! ;-)[/SIZE]
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