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Pat B,
Since I started Herceptin last June I've had numerous sinus infections - have one right now. I've been on and off Levaquin several times and currently am taking Avelox along with prednisone (spelling?) a steroid to reduce the swelling in the sinus. I have not had to miss a Herceptin treatment while on anticiotics. My oncologist is the one who prescribed the antibiotics to me so she is aware that I'm taking them. Hopefully, once I finish Herceptin I will no longer be plagued with sinus infections.
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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
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