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Re: Please post your two cents on Herceptin "side effects" real or perceived!
Hi Cheezy: Just got your comments regarding your herceptin side effects. It IS difficult, isn't it, to discern what is what. I'm told I have fibromyalgia now (which, frankly, I don't even like to say out loud because people seem to roll their eyes). I have been an avid gardener and though petite, have always prided myself in being able to lift lots of weight, be strong, tough. Now I seem to pick up the "Joy of Cooking" cookbook and feel sore in my thumbs and arms. I mean, how dumb is that? I wish you well.
Islandgirl
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2002 Dx with DCIS, low-grade, non-invasive Estrogen/Progesterone +. Lumpectomy (10/26/02) Bad margins.
2002 (12/2/02)Mastectomy left breast
2004 lump right breast. Lumpectomy 6/09 (benign)
2007 total hysterectomy (fibroids/family hx of ovarian cancer)
2009 Dx with DCIS, high grade 3 with microinvasion. Estrogen-Progesterone -, HER2 Neu +
2009 (3/26/09) Mastectomy right breast
5/09 - 8/09 weekly Taxol/Herceptin
8/09 - Present - Herceptin every 3 weeks
6/10 Begin breast reconstruction!
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