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Sherryg683 · 01-19-2009, 10:41 AM

I have been on Herceptin 3 years, in the beginning they did an echo but then they switched to Mugas. I am of the belief that Mugas is what is better to tell how efficient our heart is pumping and is what we should be getting. I went a year this time before one was ordered. In fact it was the nurse who noticed it had been so long and said she would tell the doctor to order it and that I needed to have them done every 6 months. I think its what you said, I have been so relatively "healthy" that my Oncologist just sort of assumes all is well. I was surprised to see that my muga was 70. It's funny though, my heart is something I haven't really worried about. I worry about everything else but not that...go figure..sherryg683

01-19-2009, 10:41 AM	#2
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	I have been on Herceptin 3 years, in the beginning they did an echo but then they switched to Mugas. I am of the belief that Mugas is what is better to tell how efficient our heart is pumping and is what we should be getting. I went a year this time before one was ordered. In fact it was the nurse who noticed it had been so long and said she would tell the doctor to order it and that I needed to have them done every 6 months. I think its what you said, I have been so relatively "healthy" that my Oncologist just sort of assumes all is well. I was surprised to see that my muga was 70. It's funny though, my heart is something I haven't really worried about. I worry about everything else but not that...go figure..sherryg683 __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!