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Wow, Thanks to everyone that replied!! I did email my onc and the Seattle Dr.s. Both of them said the same thing, that they didn't think it was necessary now. My onc here said that usually with chemo regimens they decrease the amount of time taking the chemo not increase it. Chemo used to be one year, then 6 month now 3 months. But, Herceptin is different i told him. this is a antibody, NOT chemo. The dr's in Seattle said this would not affect them. They would still follow me. I'm going to see another Onc. in Omaha in 3 weeks to ask her opinion. She has BC too, so i'm sure she will see where i'm coming from. ALSO, i found a program called SPOC that will pay for my Herceptin if my insurance denies it. I think i still have to pay for the administration of the med. I work in the hospital so getting the Herceptin will be no big deal for me. I've been really tired this week, taking alot of naps, so of course, i think its coming back because i was really tired when i found out i had cancer!! To Kristen, I don't think they know if er/pr neg women that have a greater chance of recurrence with Herceptin use. I think the Her 2 dx puts one at a higher risk of recurrence and the er/pr neg dx gives us less meds to take to prevent recurrence. But on that note, when in San Diego at the Cure mag seminar i swear the Dr. giving the breast cancer speech said that Her2 pos and er/pr neg women do better with Herceptin. Did anyone else hear this ever? I will let everyone know what the new onc says about the Herceptin use for the second year. Someone else asked why i'm not on this forever. It's because i'm stage 3 not 4. Thanks again for everyone's opinions!!
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