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Hi Louise!
I began having the same types of headaches about 2 months ago! I am 17 months in to taking herceptin. On the day I saw my onc. he scheduled a brain MRI (I just wanted to be sure) and prescribed blood pressure meds. (My blood pressure had gotten too high over the last 6 months) The MRI of my brain came up clear...as he and many others said..."nothing up there"! But I began to get immediate relief when I took the first blood pressure med. It very well might have been stress, but it has helped...no more headaches. And my blood pressure is down. I had spent so much time worrying about having to go off herceptin that I think I made the blood pressure thing much worse. I took the advice of so many on this board and did something about it!
I'll bet it's stress, but as they tell us, nothing to play with either!
Best wishes for a great resolution! ma
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MA in TX.
Grateful for each and every day....
Diag. 12/05 at age 60
Stage II, Grade 3, 4.5 cm primary tumor
ER/PR- Her2 +3 strongly positive
Her2 by FISH 7.7 amplified
vascular invasion
Ki67 20% borderline
Jan - March '06 Taxotere/Adriamycin X 3 to try to shrink tumor - it grew
April '06 Rt Modified Radical Mas, 7 of 9 nodes positive
April - Aug. '06 Herceptin/Taxol/Carboplatin X 8 (dose dense)
Sept - Dec. '06 Navelbine/Herceptin x 8 (dose dense)
Radiation & Herceptin Jan. 22 - March 1, 2007
Finished Herceptin Dec. 10 '08! One extra year.
Port removed August, 2012.
8 1/2 years since diagnosis! 5 1/2 Years NED!
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