[cherylynnie]

Alice,
So you stayed on the weekly treatments and your muga's have still decreased?

I asked the nurses if anyone else had to do this. Switch from every 3 weeks to weekly. Their answer was - this is how we used to do it, every week. So they didn't exactly answer my question. God forbid they give anyone else's medical info away. They are very careful about that.

There was a thread on here before and I believe it was Trish who said that her doctor continued giving her the herceptin even when her muga was down to 30.

I believe it is a good thing that they are keeping a close watch on us and not want to do any harm unnessesarily.

I also remember reading that there was a study about recieving 9 treatment was just as good as the year. I think someone just posted a new trial -6 months vs. the year on herceptin. I just did the math and 6 months is 8.7 treatments. So it looks like this study I read about months ago, (probably on this site) is now going to be a new clinical trial.

So since I have 8 1/2 months under my belt, I feel pretty comfortable if I have to go off of it. But of course there is also the psycological effect of not being treated anymore.

Thanks for your response! Good luck with your up coming test!