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Andrea,
I've had problems with my blood counts since initially starting chemo. I've been on Herceptin only for the last year and my red blood cell count continues to drop. I've been getting Procrit shots. I had my last Herceptin infusion today and my red count was down (10.7) so I got what will hopefully be my last shot of Procrit. I am on medicare since March 1st (also have secondary health insurance) and today I had to wait quite a while until they got approval to give me the shot.
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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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