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05-12-2004, 09:23 AM

Lynn,
Four weeks ago my mother had a very bad allergic reaction to her loading dose of herceptin. Her blood pressure dropped,she was very short of breath and had flu like symptoms.She had to spend the night in the hospital.She has since had 3 more treatments. They just loaded her up on steroids and antihistamine the night before and gave her the treatment very slow. She had no problems. On these last 2 she skipped the stuff the night before and was just given the pretx at the office right before. She is doing fine. I know she desperatly needs Herceptin. She is HER2+++,so I was very upset thinking she could not take it. I think you will great once your body gets used to it. Hang in there. BTW,my Mom is almost 79,so if she can tolerate it anybody can.Let us know how you make out.

05-12-2004, 09:23 AM	#2
Colleen Guest Posts: n/a	Lynn, Four weeks ago my mother had a very bad allergic reaction to her loading dose of herceptin. Her blood pressure dropped,she was very short of breath and had flu like symptoms.She had to spend the night in the hospital.She has since had 3 more treatments. They just loaded her up on steroids and antihistamine the night before and gave her the treatment very slow. She had no problems. On these last 2 she skipped the stuff the night before and was just given the pretx at the office right before. She is doing fine. I know she desperatly needs Herceptin. She is HER2+++,so I was very upset thinking she could not take it. I think you will great once your body gets used to it. Hang in there. BTW,my Mom is almost 79,so if she can tolerate it anybody can.Let us know how you make out.