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sonyamagee · 12-15-2006, 11:01 AM

I had an "attack" the first day of my Taxol/Herceptin also. However, I was diagnosed with acalculus cholecystitis (sp?)--meaning no stones present. My docs said that this can happen because of the chemo (I had just finished 4 rounds of AC). I did not have mine removed b/c my doc wanted me to be able to continue with chemo (he said if I had surgery we'd have to stop for a while). They got my gall bladder issue under control with antibiotics. Apparently I am now at an increased risk for future gallbladder issues so they told me I may want to consider having it removed anyway. The point of all this was to say that it may just be the chemo and not the herceptin.

12-15-2006, 11:01 AM	#12
sonyamagee Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: tracy, ca Posts: 10	I had an "attack" the first day of my Taxol/Herceptin also. However, I was diagnosed with acalculus cholecystitis (sp?)--meaning no stones present. My docs said that this can happen because of the chemo (I had just finished 4 rounds of AC). I did not have mine removed b/c my doc wanted me to be able to continue with chemo (he said if I had surgery we'd have to stop for a while). They got my gall bladder issue under control with antibiotics. Apparently I am now at an increased risk for future gallbladder issues so they told me I may want to consider having it removed anyway. The point of all this was to say that it may just be the chemo and not the herceptin.