Lovemyboys3
12-12-2013, 05:30 PM
Hello All,
I recently had my 4th chemo treatment and am so far doing pretty good. God willing I have 2 more to go. :-) I think I finally have a pretty good handle on my meds and what to do for each side effect. The worst this time around is the fatigue. That has been tough.
Any how, last week I had an echo as my doc says its important to watch the heart while on Herceptin. Today I saw her for my weekly Herceptin and she said that the over all echo was good and the function is perfect BUT there is a little fluid around the heart. As everything usually does it sort of freaked me out. She, on the other hand, was not very worried about it and said its not uncommon for a little fluid build up during chemo. She does want to keep an eye on it and has me scheduled for another echo at the beginning of the new year. She is a very thorough doctor and anytime I have a concern she runs every test there is to make sure there is nothing to worry about and to ease my mind. So I know if she was very concerned about this she would have run test right away. She listens to my heart every time and it sounds strong. All of my counts are great except for a little Anemia but other wise all my counts are really good.
So here is my question, has anyone else had this issue or heard of this issue? Did it go away on its own or is it something that could potentially delay treatment or cause issues?
Any words of advice is greatly appreciated.
I recently had my 4th chemo treatment and am so far doing pretty good. God willing I have 2 more to go. :-) I think I finally have a pretty good handle on my meds and what to do for each side effect. The worst this time around is the fatigue. That has been tough.
Any how, last week I had an echo as my doc says its important to watch the heart while on Herceptin. Today I saw her for my weekly Herceptin and she said that the over all echo was good and the function is perfect BUT there is a little fluid around the heart. As everything usually does it sort of freaked me out. She, on the other hand, was not very worried about it and said its not uncommon for a little fluid build up during chemo. She does want to keep an eye on it and has me scheduled for another echo at the beginning of the new year. She is a very thorough doctor and anytime I have a concern she runs every test there is to make sure there is nothing to worry about and to ease my mind. So I know if she was very concerned about this she would have run test right away. She listens to my heart every time and it sounds strong. All of my counts are great except for a little Anemia but other wise all my counts are really good.
So here is my question, has anyone else had this issue or heard of this issue? Did it go away on its own or is it something that could potentially delay treatment or cause issues?
Any words of advice is greatly appreciated.