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11-29-2007, 09:22 AM

Dear Jade,

I had a similar experience. Right after surgery, my number was 41+, a few days later it was 45. Then it went down, finally, after ten months of herceptin, to 34, and it's now up to 37. My HER2 serum was 16 and at end of herceptin was 8; still waiting for that result. My oncologist tells me the same as yours--you're at the high end of normal, and I know I should listen but there's always that lurking fear. Thanks for posting your number; your 15 months at the high end with nothing happening is encouraging. All my other blood results are the best I've had in 15 months, so as always fingers crossed. Oh, and I had exactly the same reaction when mine went down while on herceptin. If my normal is high end, why did it go down? But perhaps we assume more logic to this madness than actually exists.

Adriana--I hope that you also are at the high end of normal even in the best of times.

11-29-2007, 09:22 AM	#1
Grace Guest Posts: n/a	Dear Jade, I had a similar experience. Right after surgery, my number was 41+, a few days later it was 45. Then it went down, finally, after ten months of herceptin, to 34, and it's now up to 37. My HER2 serum was 16 and at end of herceptin was 8; still waiting for that result. My oncologist tells me the same as yours--you're at the high end of normal, and I know I should listen but there's always that lurking fear. Thanks for posting your number; your 15 months at the high end with nothing happening is encouraging. All my other blood results are the best I've had in 15 months, so as always fingers crossed. Oh, and I had exactly the same reaction when mine went down while on herceptin. If my normal is high end, why did it go down? But perhaps we assume more logic to this madness than actually exists. Adriana--I hope that you also are at the high end of normal even in the best of times.