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Chelee · 07-20-2007, 12:57 PM

katsc, Unfortunetly the problems with your nails is mainly from the taxotere. The herceptin will make them weak and thin...split easy and break. But the Taxotere will make them black and blue and after a while they usually lift up and fall off. I did *TCH* and it was around the 4th or 5th cycle of TCH that my finger nails and both big toe nails got discolored. So yes...this is a side affect from the drugs. Sometimes your finger tips will get a bit numb too...kind of annoying but eventually it does get better. Mine are pretty much back to normal now. Hang in there.

Chelee

07-20-2007, 12:57 PM	#6
Chelee Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Southern, CA Posts: 2,511	katsc, Unfortunetly the problems with your nails is mainly from the taxotere. The herceptin will make them weak and thin...split easy and break. But the Taxotere will make them black and blue and after a while they usually lift up and fall off. I did TCH and it was around the 4th or 5th cycle of TCH that my finger nails and both big toe nails got discolored. So yes...this is a side affect from the drugs. Sometimes your finger tips will get a bit numb too...kind of annoying but eventually it does get better. Mine are pretty much back to normal now. Hang in there. Chelee __________________ DX: 12-20-05 - Stage IIIA, Her2/Neu, 3+++,Er & Pr weakly positive, 5 of 16 pos nodes. Rt. MRM on 1-3-06 -- No Rads due to compromised lungs. Chemo started 2-7-06 -- TCH - - Finished 6-12-06 Finished yr of wkly herceptin 3-19-07 3-15-07 Lt side prophylactic simple mastectomy. -- Ooph 4-05-07 9-21-09 PET/CT "Recurrence" to Rt. axllia, Rt. femur, ilium. Possible Sacrum & liver? Now stage IV. 9-28-09 Loading dose of Herceptin & started Zometa 9-29-09 Power Port Placement 10-24-09 Mass 6.4 x 4.7 cm on Rt. femur head. 11-19-09 RT. Femur surgery - Rod placed 12-7-09 Navelbine added to Herceptin/Zometa. 3-23-10 Ten days of rads to RT femur. Completed. 4-05-10 Quit Navelbine--Herceptin/Zometa alone. 5-4-10 Appt. with Dr. Slamon to see what is next? Waiting on FISH results from femur biopsy. Results to FISH was unsuccessful--this happens less then 2% of the time. 7-7-10 Recurrence to RT axilla again. Back to UCLA for options.