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Old 12-04-2017, 07:32 AM   #1
Donna H
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red area around eyes

My last Herceptin was May 2015 (last chemo was Sept 2014) yet my eyes still have a red rim around them....not the eyes themselves but the skin - basically where you would put eyeliner. Does that make sense? I had never had this prior to treatment so I am thinking it is something related to that. Yet it's been a few years since treatment so maybe not? Has anyone else had this? I'd also say my eyelids are discolored since treatment (like a permanent eye shadow in a not so attractive color).
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Old 12-04-2017, 11:41 AM   #2
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Re: red area around eyes

Hi Donna - I have no feedback but wow, that is really strange! I tell ya, I have had some weird stuff crop up since my last infusion in 2012. No doctor can tell me why it happens but I do think it's still lingering after shocks of all the mixes of the chemo drugs they gave me. Hopefully this will fade away. Do you see a skin doctor yearly? May want to see if they can tell you what it is.

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12/13/10 - Lymph node biopsy - negative
12/28/10 - Started neo-adjuvant treatment along with clinical trial with 4 rounds of AC chemo every 3 weeks
3/15/11 - Began weekly Taxol/Herceptin infusions along with 750mg of Tykerb taken by mouth daily
6/28/11 - Finished last cycle of Taxol
7/27/11 - Breast MRI shows tumor has dissolved, remarkable reaction to chemo
8/31/11 - Lumpectomy, Sentinel Node biopsy. Node negative, clear margins, 7mm of cancer left over from chemo.
10/05/11 - Started radiation, 5 days a week for 7 weeks.
11/8/11 - Finished radiation
3/21/12 - Last Herceptin!
3/26/12 - Port removed!
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Old 12-05-2017, 06:49 AM   #3
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Re: red area around eyes

Donna,

I remember the area around my eyes being red after Herceptin. I believe it had to do with having constantly watery eyes. However, it cleared up within a few weeks of receiving my last treatment. Since you finished treatment so long ago, I'm not sure what it could be. Wonder if you developed some sort of allergy?

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Brenda
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8/2013 PET/CT scan shows mass in uterues and suprclavicular nodes
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9/2013 After 1st round of chemo, mass in neck and breast no longer able to feel
11/2013 Hysterectomy, mass from PET/CT scan not cancer (adenomylosis)
12/2013 Finished chemo
1/2014 Double mastectomy with chest expanders
1/2014 Pathology report from surgery and SNB show complete pathological response!
3/2014 Finish IMRT radiation
8/2014 Fat transfer to radiated breast
8/2014 Completed 1 yr of Herceptin
10/2014 exchange surgery expanders removed implants placed
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