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Karen Wheel · 07-30-2009, 09:13 AM

In April - May - June 2009 -- I did 9 weeks of Navelbine and had no pains... (along with Herceptin every 21 days) however I was really, really tired the first 3 weeks, but my doc switched me to oral dose because a nurse made a mistake on the speed of my IV drip and burned up my veins on my only usable left arm for IV --- so they changed to pills. I was less tired and dealt with the chemo okay after that - I felt it was something to do with the delivery of the chemo to the system - somehow it seemed easier when taken by pill (for me at least). Maybe see if you could switch to pills????

07-30-2009, 09:13 AM	#14
Karen Wheel Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sardegna, Italy Posts: 362	Re: Pain with Herceptin and Navelbine? In April - May - June 2009 -- I did 9 weeks of Navelbine and had no pains... (along with Herceptin every 21 days) however I was really, really tired the first 3 weeks, but my doc switched me to oral dose because a nurse made a mistake on the speed of my IV drip and burned up my veins on my only usable left arm for IV --- so they changed to pills. I was less tired and dealt with the chemo okay after that - I felt it was something to do with the delivery of the chemo to the system - somehow it seemed easier when taken by pill (for me at least). Maybe see if you could switch to pills????