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Vanessa · 10-25-2006, 11:55 AM

Hi Marejo,

I have all of those symptoms and they are sporadic. I am also still doing chemo (taxotere). I will be having a set of scans done on November 16th, if they are still clear, I will get to discontinue chemo, but still continue Herceptin. I don't know how many of my symptoms are related to chemo and how many are related to Herceptin. I guess I will find out soon and I am assuming from your post, that the intestinal symptoms are from Herceptin. I do have the lighter color stools, gas and also diarrhea and again they are sporadic. My diarrhea was worse when I was also being given carboplatin. After they stopped carboplatin, (due to a severe allergic reaction), the diarrhea does not come quite as bad and as often.

10-25-2006, 11:55 AM	#2
Vanessa Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 624	Hi Marejo, I have all of those symptoms and they are sporadic. I am also still doing chemo (taxotere). I will be having a set of scans done on November 16th, if they are still clear, I will get to discontinue chemo, but still continue Herceptin. I don't know how many of my symptoms are related to chemo and how many are related to Herceptin. I guess I will find out soon and I am assuming from your post, that the intestinal symptoms are from Herceptin. I do have the lighter color stools, gas and also diarrhea and again they are sporadic. My diarrhea was worse when I was also being given carboplatin. After they stopped carboplatin, (due to a severe allergic reaction), the diarrhea does not come quite as bad and as often.