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10-06-2006, 09:34 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: St. Louis Mo
Posts: 57
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My Last Herceptin Treatment
Hi all, Tuesday was my last herceptin treatment! Hooray. I went on my VICTORY cruise a little early and got back Sunday just before my last treatment. Had a great time celebrating. Thanks for all of your support. Kool
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Kool
DX 3/05
Stage IIB 1.3cm w/ lymph node involvement
ER+++PR+, HER2+++ G3
Surgery - Left mastectomy 4/05, Lymph node removal 5/05, breast expander removal 6/05, partial thyroidectomy 7/05, Right mastectomy 1/06
Post Menopausal due to hyserectomy 2/03 (took hormone replacement)
Treatment - A/C, Taxol and Herceptin, Herceptin only (finish 10/06), Arimidex daily.
Age 50
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10-06-2006, 09:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Naples FL
Posts: 1,744
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way to go!!! my last treatment was Wednesday!!! What a relief!!!
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10-06-2006, 11:46 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Stockton, NJ
Posts: 4,179
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Mine was last Friday (Sept 29). I guess around New Year's I should have a chat about "Life after Herceptin" so we can all compare how we physically feel (and we can do another update later, after that). I am hoping it is easier to lose weight and have alittle more stamina.
Congratulations to both of you.
Becky
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10-06-2006, 12:17 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Posts: 1,516
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YEA Kool...
I just had my first follow up POST Herceptin (last one 8/10/06)...everything ok. Take care and God bless.
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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10-06-2006, 01:02 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: St. Louis Mo
Posts: 57
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Sounds like several of us will be comparing notes as the Herceptin gets out of our systems. Congrats everyone. Kool
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Kool
DX 3/05
Stage IIB 1.3cm w/ lymph node involvement
ER+++PR+, HER2+++ G3
Surgery - Left mastectomy 4/05, Lymph node removal 5/05, breast expander removal 6/05, partial thyroidectomy 7/05, Right mastectomy 1/06
Post Menopausal due to hyserectomy 2/03 (took hormone replacement)
Treatment - A/C, Taxol and Herceptin, Herceptin only (finish 10/06), Arimidex daily.
Age 50
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10-06-2006, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: IOWA
Posts: 243
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My last one was 3 weeks ago, I am waiting to see if there are some positive changes to come my way when I get far enough out from my last infusion. It would be nice to have fingernails again, mine are so thin and nasty! But, it is very much worth it to have a drug like herceptin to give us such a different prognosis from what it would be without it.
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Andi
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Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++
Diagnosed 6/30/05
Lumpectomy 7/13/05
Dose Dense A/C x 4
Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12
Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06)
Radiation completed 2/28/06
Currently on Tamoxifen
Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis
Now er/pr-, her2++
1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin
Discontinued Tamoxifen
4/27/07 CTshowed progression
5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa
5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression
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10-06-2006, 08:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Alexandria, VA
Posts: 1,055
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Congrats all, I'll be there in November. Nails bad. Don't care. Best to all. BB
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10-07-2006, 03:30 AM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Bay City, MI
Posts: 73
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Congrats! My last herceptin was last month. I've had to stop due to low Muga scans. I can't have anymore, but at least I got 8 months in. I can't wait to see if I"ll start feeling like myself again!
Sue Pike
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10-08-2006, 11:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 144
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Congrats to ALL!
Wow, several of you now finished Herceptin.
Very very happy for you all.
Godspeed!
Ginagce
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10-08-2006, 12:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 430
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Yeah Baby (babies!)
The rest of us will look towards your guidance for future reactions, etc
congratulations to all of you. 
MCS (maria) |
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10-08-2006, 05:40 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Acworth, GA
Posts: 2,104
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Congratulations to all of you who have just recently finished Herceptin. It'll be interesting to see how long the side effects your've experienced, if any, linger.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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