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Hi
Had my first shot of Herceptin on the Hera trial yesterday, so far so good, had slight fluey feeling but otherwise ok....i spoke to my oncologist who has recently been on a conference about Herceptin with "Roche" the European suppliers of the drug and he said that according to them Herceptin is not as toxic on the heart as originally thought and about 1% or less of the women getting Herceptin eventually had heart problems, i'm rather confused now as i have been reading everywhere that Herceptin is very toxic on the heart and i don't know who to believe, i do realise its more toxic when used with a Andrimycyn based drug (i had Epirubicin, andrymicyn's younger sister!!) but i did it before Herceptin so would the results still be the same?
I am concerned as i do want to continue with the trial (2 years of Herceptin every 3 weeks), but at 32 years old i don't want to end up with serious heart disease either, do you think my oncologist is just trying to ease my fears or am i worrying unneccessarily.
Hope you are all doing well today!
Love and big hugs across the waves
Nikki x x x x x
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