Jessica asked:
"Did you ever have a MUGA scan to check your EF?I've been on Herceptin for every week for the past 10 months (plus 8 weeks 16 months ago) & my EF has decreased by 20%"
Yes - MUGA was required when I went into the clinical trial just over 2 years ago. EF was 56% or something like that. I was just 6 months off 12 weekly doses of Adria and 4 of Taxotere. That was all rather hard on me, but not hard enough on the cancer!
My blood pressure is always quite low (normal) and stable and pulse is normal. Onc had not seen fit to order another MUGA.
I take a supplement with CoQ10 or that one by itself quite often but not every day.
I did make a mile tonight on the treadmill at my cancer survivors exercise group! I usually get too short of breath and dizzy at that pace, but have been making good progress lately.
Had the bad news from one of our group tonight that she has a local recurrance and this time it is not In Situ, but infiltrating. She does not know the her2 status yet - only that it is high grade. She just passed her 5-year in the clear mark from her first episode! I was chagrined as she seems to do everything right and is a nurse!
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