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Miss a month of chemo, then what?
What is the normal protocal...if there even is one if you miss a month of chemo?
My very first month I landed in the hospital due to a low "ANC" count. If you add the time in the hospital, plus the down time at home....I missed an entire month of my chemo and weekly herceptin. 
They got me started as soon as they could...but I still have always worried about that month I missed with NO chemo of any type while my cancer had time to re-group and run rapid. (They told me when I first STARTED my chemo that whatever happened due to my aggressive cancer...they wanted no inturruptions.) Well..if thats true...I missed a month of chemo after being told NO INTURRUPITONS.
So since I got started after that second month OFF chemo and herceptin...it would seem to be I should of had an EXTRA chemo to make up for the one I missed? (Maybe not?) I really don't know?
I can't help but wonder what damage was done missing an ENTIRE month of chemo? Has anyone ever heard of this happening...and IF their oncologist gave them an extra full cycle of chemo to make sure they kicked some bc butt?
Had I NOT opened my mouth to my oncologist...I would of ONLY gotten five cycles of chemo verses the six I was suppose to get. (She TRIED to tell me the time I missed in the hospital and at home counted rather I had it or not.) I told her it did NOT work that way! She knew I was mad. Then she acted like it was all a mistake and that I WAS right and did get the sixth one. (I sure don't have much luck.)
I don't know what to think at this point?
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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