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Old 02-26-2011, 05:42 AM   #13
laureen
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Re: Just started Herceptin, worried about effects on heart.

Herceptin gave me the hope to start my journey of being a mom. Read my signature. The side effects are usually minimal. I have even been thinking if I could go back on it, as a preventative every fews years. I will be 5 years out in august. I know you just want to be done. Trust me I get it. See if you can get herceptin every three weeks instead of every week. The time will go much faster that way. Your docs will watch your heart. I wanted a second opinion, so I went to a cardiologist and was told I had nothing to worry about, that my diet and undesirable lifestyle choices put me more at risk of hurting my heart then herceptin. I had A/C too, which is a double whammy to the heart. You and your heart, physically and emotionally can do this.
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Laureen (laurie)
Diagnosed 8/10/06 (found own lump)at 35

Her 2 +++, er-/pr-
4 A/C 8-29-06 to 11-06
Lumpectomy, node dissection- 11/30/06
Pathology report stage IIIC
1 tumor 3 cm
10 of 15 nodes +
12 Taxol 12/18/06-03/06/07
Herceptin 12/18/06- 12/11/2007 done!!! yeah!!!
33 rads started 3/22/07, done!! yeah!! 5/07/07
Lymphedema diagnosed 2/1/07
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
port out 1/10/08
pregnant after 6 yeas of trying- due mid feb.
Ryder David born Feb. 6th 2009
Pregnant with baby #2, due in early june 2011.

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