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side effects
Since I've been on Herceptin I've experienced a constant runny nose, headaches, and bone/joint pain. I have also had low blood counts and have had to have Procrit shots every week except for today. In addition I sometimes experience problems when I want to say something - I know what I want to say but the word just won't come to mind and sometimes the words just come out all mixed up. When I ask my oncologist about these things she says she hasn't heard of anyone having side effects from Herceptin. I'm almost ready to ask her if I'm her only breast cancer patient who is HER2+++. I hate when doctors trivialize symptoms that we are experiencing.
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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
Last edited by tousled1; 08-31-2006 at 05:24 PM..
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