[Erin]

Hi Grace,

I am having the same problem with both ankles - moderate swelling in both. No other symptoms of CHF - no shortness of breath, etc so they did not do another echo.

When the swelling began, right after my 6th Herceptin and right after TCH was over, the swelling was worse in the left but now it has evened out. I did lasix for a while and that helped, but now my onc has me on lisinopril which is a blood pressure med that I needed anyway since my bp had been rising. I think he did not want the lasix to mask any heart problem. The lisinopril did help the bp but isn't really doing anything about the swelling. Just in case the onc had skip one herceptin but I am due to go back for another infusion next week. I go back the the onc in three weeks to re-asses, and I am going to insist on a echo then. Please keep us informed about your progress and what your onc says.