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Cristina19 · 11-07-2007, 06:47 PM

Suzanne,

Are you there?

I'm relatively new to this, too. My thread is below somewhere: "Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin." The women here were very helpful and informative. I've just had my 4th treatment out of 6 and couldn't do this without the help of all the "sisters."

One comment: you might want to ask your doctor about the above "coctail" of drugs (TCH) vs. AC->TH. The one thing I was concerned about was the heart-damage risk that comes with Adriamyacin (sp?) and following it with Herceptin which also has a heart-damage risk. A UCLA oncologist that I spoke to for a second opinion and who is associated with Dr. Slamon said that if I were his patient, he would have me do TCH.... which is what I finally went with.

I go in for my MUGA scan to check my heart function next week. Hopefully, all is well.

Best,
Cristina

11-07-2007, 06:47 PM	#23
Cristina19 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 38	Suzanne, Are you there? I'm relatively new to this, too. My thread is below somewhere: "Taxotere, Carboplatin, Herceptin." The women here were very helpful and informative. I've just had my 4th treatment out of 6 and couldn't do this without the help of all the "sisters." One comment: you might want to ask your doctor about the above "coctail" of drugs (TCH) vs. AC->TH. The one thing I was concerned about was the heart-damage risk that comes with Adriamyacin (sp?) and following it with Herceptin which also has a heart-damage risk. A UCLA oncologist that I spoke to for a second opinion and who is associated with Dr. Slamon said that if I were his patient, he would have me do TCH.... which is what I finally went with. I go in for my MUGA scan to check my heart function next week. Hopefully, all is well. Best, Cristina