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panicked911 · 12-08-2005, 10:42 AM

I was diagosised 9/14/05 , lumpectomy 10/5 - multi focal, node negative, vascular negative and strongly er and pr + as well as Her 2+++ saw threeoncologosts and all three said no question do herceptain 1 year 1x a week - as has already been said - more beign to your body than chemo - works with the immune system rather than the central nervous system as chemo does and only attacks her2 cells and leaves the healthy ones alone.

As long as you are healthy, heart issues should ot be a problem but you have to be monitored very carefully- sign of a problem stop - i have had three doses so far and all is well except for a perpetually runny nose it seems.

I am also going to start rads this month, doing luprene shots and tomaxifen for now.

Hope this helps ....

12-08-2005, 10:42 AM	#7
panicked911 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 115	herceptain when node negative I was diagosised 9/14/05 , lumpectomy 10/5 - multi focal, node negative, vascular negative and strongly er and pr + as well as Her 2+++ saw threeoncologosts and all three said no question do herceptain 1 year 1x a week - as has already been said - more beign to your body than chemo - works with the immune system rather than the central nervous system as chemo does and only attacks her2 cells and leaves the healthy ones alone. As long as you are healthy, heart issues should ot be a problem but you have to be monitored very carefully- sign of a problem stop - i have had three doses so far and all is well except for a perpetually runny nose it seems. I am also going to start rads this month, doing luprene shots and tomaxifen for now. Hope this helps ....