cough
I have been on herceptin by itself for almost a year now. I had a CT scan of my chest on Dec 10th and it showed only a 2mm spot left in my lung. But I got a cold at the beginning of January and I am still coughing. I finally went to my primary Dr. yesterday and they just gave me an antibiotic and some cough medicine with hydrocodone in it. Good Stuff! Has anyone else developed a cough on herceptin? Has it been long enough since my last CT scan to ask for an x-ray or another CT scan?
Any suggestion are greatly appreciated. I am sick of coughing and my co-works have started coming into my office asking question like: How are you really doing? What did the Dr. say on your last visit? One person even asked when my last CT scan was done and what were the results. I get tired of people always looking at me and thinking cancer.
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Hugs and Smiles,
Angela - NC
Dx May 2003 at age 39
Lt mastectomy, no nodes
DCIS, PR- ER- Her+++
4 rounds AC
Recurrence Dec 2006 Rt lung
2/07 - 3 Brain mets - Radiation
3/07 - Carboplatin and Herceptin
8/07- mets stable. Finished Carboplatin-remain on Herceptin
12/07 - Herceptin only
5/08 - Lung mets grew - tykerb and Navilbene. Reaction to Tykerb -9/08 Herceptin again
12/08 - Lung mets growing - xeloda.
8/09 - Given Zometa for precaution
10/09 - Lung mets back plus new ones. - Put back on Xeloda.
1/10 – Began short-term disability
2/10 –Lung mets growing - Gemzar
9/2010 – Scan show tumors in lungs growing. Put on Ixempra (every 3 weeks). MRI of the brain showed a brain bleed but it had stopped bleeding.
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