Anyone else have bladder, kidney or urinary tract infection while on Tykerb?
Hi,
I'm taking a 7-day course of Macrobid antibiotic to fight a bladder infection that was dx'd by GP last week, and confirmed by lab test of urine specimen.
It's been forever since I've had such a sudden-onset, severe bladder infection before - and never, without first signs of a urinary tract infection...
I'm just wondering if this is yet another unreported side effect of taking Tykerb (or perhaps, more unusual, Tykerb + Herceptin, which are my current treatment protocol).
thanks for any info y'all can provide.
(((hugs)))
Sandy in Silicon Valley
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1992 - age 44/ ER-/PR+ Stage II dx - mastectomy, CAF x 6 cycles; Tamoxifen
1997 - BRCA1 mutation dx'd
1998 - ovaries removed
1999 - off Tamoxifen, on Arimidex
2003 - dx'd Stage IV - lymph nodes & lungs. ER-/PR-/HER2neu+++.
Tx: Herceptin & Taxotere (6 cycles).
2005 - 2.9cm x 3.6cm brain tumor. Craniotomy, CyberKnife. 9 mo. staph aureus infection at incision site - 2nd craniotomy. Two small brain mets CyberKnife'd.
2006 - revisit Xeloda - dosage lowered to 2500mg/day, 5 cycles.
2007 - "spot" dx'd on qtrly brain MRI - same location as CyberKnife 7/05. > by 2-4mm per quarter - - radiation injury or re-growing cancer? Tykerb added to Herceptin - July, still "watching & waiting". Otherwise, fully functional...
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