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SandyBB · 10-19-2005, 10:51 AM

I started Herceptin just this past Friday. I was diagnosed 2 years ago as stage 2B and had pretty aggressive chemo and radiation (finished up in 4/2004). I am also on tamoxifen. I have had no signs of recurrance. However, my onc called me in Sept. and asked me to come in early to discuss going on Herceptin. She has looked up all her BC patients diagnosed within the past 2yrs who were HER+ and recommended they do a once a week for 1 year round of Herceptin.
For me, it was an easy decision. I have felt relatively defenseless since finishing my treatment and I have had too many weird scares in the past 20 months to make me think the cancer had reared its ugly head. I have never been able to put the fear of recurrance out of my mind. Going on Herceptin makes me feel like I am actively doing something to fight off the return. I hate to use corny words like, "empowered", but that's kinda how I feel right now - especially when I read about all the stage 4 women in this forum who have had such incredible results on herceptin.

10-19-2005, 10:51 AM	#8
SandyBB Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Central Massachusetts Posts: 25	My onc called me to go on it I started Herceptin just this past Friday. I was diagnosed 2 years ago as stage 2B and had pretty aggressive chemo and radiation (finished up in 4/2004). I am also on tamoxifen. I have had no signs of recurrance. However, my onc called me in Sept. and asked me to come in early to discuss going on Herceptin. She has looked up all her BC patients diagnosed within the past 2yrs who were HER+ and recommended they do a once a week for 1 year round of Herceptin. For me, it was an easy decision. I have felt relatively defenseless since finishing my treatment and I have had too many weird scares in the past 20 months to make me think the cancer had reared its ugly head. I have never been able to put the fear of recurrance out of my mind. Going on Herceptin makes me feel like I am actively doing something to fight off the return. I hate to use corny words like, "empowered", but that's kinda how I feel right now - especially when I read about all the stage 4 women in this forum who have had such incredible results on herceptin.