Marily,
Many of the women here take coenzyme COQ10 in order to build up their heart muscles.
Christine was initially treated with AC in July 1999 when she suffered a recurrence. She went steadily downhill and when she was due for her final AC, she refused treatment and demanded Herceptin instead.
I know Ginger failed all available chemos in 1995 and entered the phase III trial of Herceptin.
Here are all of their stories and other successes of our group:
http://www.her2support.org/stories.html
Regards
Joe