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Becky · 10-19-2007, 03:46 AM

I switched from weekly to the every three week. You do not get a loading dose but you do get 3X the amount of drug than you did before which is just as large as the loading dose for the weekly. You will adjust. I regreted the switch at first for the same reasons as you but then it became the same as the weekly except there was freedom to go away - not shackled to the cancer center.

Everyone is different though. If after your fourth triple dose you are still feeling lousy - you can always switch back to the weekly.

10-19-2007, 03:46 AM	#4
Becky Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Stockton, NJ Posts: 4,179	I switched from weekly to the every three week. You do not get a loading dose but you do get 3X the amount of drug than you did before which is just as large as the loading dose for the weekly. You will adjust. I regreted the switch at first for the same reasons as you but then it became the same as the weekly except there was freedom to go away - not shackled to the cancer center. Everyone is different though. If after your fourth triple dose you are still feeling lousy - you can always switch back to the weekly. __________________ Kind regards Becky Found lump via BSE Diagnosed 8/04 at age 45 1.9cm tumor, ER+PR-, Her2 3+(rt side) 2 micromets to sentinel node Stage 2A left 3mm DCIS - low grade ER+PR+Her2 neg lumpectomies 9/7/04 4DD AC followed by 4 DD taxol Used Leukine instead of Neulasta 35 rads on right side only 4/05 started Tamoxifen Started Herceptin 4 months after last Taxol due to trial results and 2005 ASCO meeting & recommendations Oophorectomy 8/05 Started Arimidex 9/05 Finished Herceptin (16 months) 9/06 Arimidex Only Prolia every 6 months for osteopenia NED 18 years! Said Christopher Robin to Pooh: "You must remember this: You're braver than you believe and stronger than you seem and smarter than you think"