[jjames]

Thanks all for your replies and i like that quote about favorite side effect. What i am struggling with is the heart toxicity issues potentially irreversable with herceptin. I have been searching around on the net to get the cardiologists point of view on oncologists treating her2 cancer patients with llower and lower chances of recurrence, such as those with smaller tumor sizes. The are the ones who have to deal with that side effect and they all agree the heart takes a major hit from herceptin....they seem to think the risk is higher than from what my oncologist is telling me...i think i would be more upset with my decision of accepting treatment and irreversably damaging my heart, than with not accepting treatment knowing i have a chance of the cancer returning. I am truly struggling with the heart toxicity issue.