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As I mentioned in my prior reply the TCH did cause me to lose my eyebrows & lashes. But I do know for me....herceptin does play a part in this too. I see Karen & Bertha has noticed the same thing I have. Which is while still on herceptin...they eyebrows & lashes stay thin to none. In fact I usually do weekly herceptin & this last time I did a 3 week dose and now I have almost NO eyebrows at all....and lashes thinned out to nothing again.
Also my finger nails are awful since the start of herceptin. They hardly grow at all...are super thin and split all the time. My toe nails don't grow either. I've noticed that my big toes had lost *half* the nail during my TCH treatment. They turned black and blue, lifted up a bit and fell off. They still have not grown back. I have half a nail on each foot & they won't grown at all till I am off herceptin. But if thats all I have to worry about...I have it made.
Chelee
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DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes.
Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs.
Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06
Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07
3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07
9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV.
9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa
9-29-09 Power Port Placement
10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head.
11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed
12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa.
3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed.
4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone.
5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy.
Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time.
7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.
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