Herceptin Increasing Appetite?

[PinkGirl]

I was waiting for someone to echo my story. I also gained 40 lbs. along the way. I lost weight on FAC and then started to gain on T/H. I had a HUGE appetite that I blamed on the decadron. But when I finished Taxol and stopped the decadron, I kept gaining.

I have not been able to lose it. I manage to drop about 5 pounds and then when I eat normally, I gain it back. I also have HUGE cravings for chocolate. I have always liked chocolate but I didn't used to dream about it !!

My hair is growing very slowly ( used to need to trim it every 4 weeks ) and my fingernails just started to grow last month. I am tall and "big boned" and actually have more of a problem with the # of pounds I weigh than I do with what I look like. I have become a "Monday morning" dieter and exerciser. It lasts until Tuesday.

[Andrea Barnett Budin]

Ditto. Longterm Vit H user. The #####s. I know that Monday Morning Diet. For me, it only lasts till noon...

Hair thinner, dryer, less wavy on its own. PRODUCT. Volumizer and curl conscious hydrating lotion. Hairline never reappeared after Taxotere (2nd round of chemo). No eyebrows. Little eye lashes. Had good brows and long, thick lashes. Nails thin too. And peely. So -- thin hair, nails and veins (I'm told). Just my luck! What about the rest of me??? Not the areas I was hoping for thinness... BUT I'M DANCING WITH NED, and you just can't beat that. So full of gratitude and AW SHUCKS.
Andi