| I stayed pretty much the same weight through my A/C and Taxol and Herceptin.  I was training for the 3 day Koman walk in November so I walked about 30-40 miles a week and never lost any weight.  I completed my herceptin year in September and noticed that I dropped maybe 3-4 pounds or so.  When I had my pleuradesis, I lost a few more pounds and was probably down a total of 10-12 pounds from the beginning.  I noticed during this time that my trunk really had no bulges.  I am still down about 10 pounds but since I am back on the herceptin, even though there is no significant weight gain, I once again have bulges on my trunk.  I have never had an edema problem in my hands or feet/legs, so I figure this must be some kind of a herceptin thing. 
				__________________Andi
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 Stage IIIC, 17 of 20 Nodes +, E+, Her2+++
 Diagnosed 6/30/05
 Lumpectomy 7/13/05
 Dose Dense A/C x 4
 Weekly Taxol + Herceptin x 12
 Remainder of year Herceptin Every 3 weeks (completes 9/13/06)
 Radiation completed 2/28/06
 Currently on Tamoxifen
 Dec 06 - Pleural effusion treated with pleurodesis
 Now er/pr-, her2++
 1/07 started weekly Navelbine plus Herceptin
 Discontinued Tamoxifen
 4/27/07 CTshowed progression
 5/01/07 Began Tykerb/Xeloda + Zometa
 5/22/07 Stopped treatment due to great progression
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