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Re: Changes to my Navelbine & now side affects...
Hi Chelee,
I get Navelbine weekly unless I am going on vacation (have to live life, too!). I have had severe problems w/ constipation in the past and my miracle cure is Miralax. When I first started taking it, it was only available by prescription. It is now available over the counter (and I am now seeing generic versions of it). I usually only need it for a couple of days after treatment...and by then, things are moving right along. I get Zofran through the IV before I get my Navelbine, so I haven't had many issues with nausea (but that probably contributes to the constipation). I do, however, have serious heartburn after treatment, so I have learned to not eat a heavy meal for a couple of days, don't eat dinner too late and chew up some Tums before I go to sleep.
Hope this helps.
Colleen
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Diagnosed 10-03-2005 (34 wks pregnant, 38 yrs old)
Lumpectomy Nov-2005. 10/18 Lymph Nodes impacted
Mets to liver, spine & femurs (thus being stage IV right from the get-go)
ER-, PR-, HER2+
Taxol/Herceptin/Zometa started Dec-2005. 11 cycles of Taxol.
Sept-2006: PET/CT scan of mets to liver, spine and femurs - Stable. Activity in R breast & mediastinum (not seen in prior scans).
Navelbine (3 wks on/1 wk off) as of Oct--2006 & continued Herceptin (every 3 wks) & Zometa (every 6 wks)
Jan-2007: PET/CT Scan - Stable. Continued Nav. through March-2007, then Herc./Zom. only after that.
June-2007: PET/CT Scan - activity in mediastinum. Back on Navelbine as of July-2007.
Scanned Quarterly since Oct-2007 - a few small scares, but otherwise stable due to continuing weekly Navelbine, Herceptin and Quarterly Zometa.
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