[Annehowe77]

What a pleasure to meet people who actually take the time to read other's problems and offer sound advice. I really appreciate it.
Although my MI was 7 years ago, I'm on a cocktail of drugs for the damage. Basically the cardiologist discharged me about 5 years ago as there's nothing else they can do for me.
When having chemo I had to stop my Warfarin (not sure what it's called in Alaska but it's to keep my blood thin). As a result they put me on Fragmin as it wears off more quickly and therefore easier to control. Problem was they had me on too low a dose and I ended up with a blood clot in my left ventricle (this was damaged by the MI)
Due to this I stopped chemo as I figured I'd rather take my chances with the cancer than have my heart kill me first!
The cardiologist who came to see me in hospital said there was nothing he could do and I could go back on Warfarin (he seemed to imply that it was the oncologists fault that this had happened) and anyway, I discharged myself and restarted the Warfarin.
At my next scheduled chemo date I told the oncologist I couldn't take anymore and she said that 4 cycles were almost as good as the six she wanted me to have.
As we don't have anything as sophisticated as Internists here, I'm going to ask GP to refer me to my original cardiologist in the city as these ones in the sticks don't seem very knowledgeable.
The problem is I shouldn't have survived the heart attack as it totally occluded my left artery and this is very unusual. As my LVEF was so low, I had to sign a disclaimer before they would give me Herceptin but having researched my type of cancer I thought the Herceptin would give me a fighting chance.
The AI I only took for 7 weeks and stopped as the side effects were so bad. On reflection it might have been the Herceptin all along so I'll think about restarting as you suggest.
At least on this site I'm meeting people who have experienced the ups and downs and I'm happy to be advised on what to do.
Once again, my heartfelt thanks for taking the time to give me your thoughts
Anne