mom wants to quit

[kstrahm]

I have been taking Herceptin for 6 years and am also thinking about stopping. However as your mom has not been on it as long your doc may be reluctant to stop. The Herceptin can be given at different intervals - when I was doing it every 3 weeks I felt much worse than doing it weekly - when doing it every 3 weeks you get a larger dose all at once - when doing it weekly you get a smaller dose each week which for me has been more tolerable. When doing the three week schedule I could not hardly get out of bed for the first two weeks - the weekly has been doable for me but lately the side effects have been coming on strong so I will talk to my doc about a temporary break from it and maybe it is something I can start back up later and just need a break from. I would also agree that there are many medications out there to treat side effects that might help and also talking to someone about it might help. Good luck and let us know how it comes out.
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