[Her2nSue]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for responding to my questions on balance. I was starting to worry that it might be something worse going on. Juanita, I can empathize with you about your teenage son and his jokes about your balance. You should hear some of the comedians I have to live with! :-)

I would say that the balance thing started along with herceptin and taxol, after several infusions. I had mentioned the first episode to the onc. who just said keep an eye on it. Well, now that I see that I'm not the only one listing to the left, it has given me some security in realizing it's one of the many side affects of the fun we are all going through. Yesterday's was the worst because even when I was walking or sitting I'd have the feeling of leaning left/off balance. I had gone out with my sister in the afternoon and we were walking and I'd be walking right into her. I'm not much for drinking (1-2 glasses of wine are my limits) but watching me yesterday was a hoot, looked like I enjoyed a whole bottle of the stuff.

I slept through the evening last night but today I'm still not quite myself, kinda like a hangover affect. Oh well....I also have an eye app't. to check on the affect this has all had on my eyesight. I used to enjoy reading, but between the shortened attention span and my eyes not wanting to focus clearly, I've all but given up except for the short stories in People Magazine. I had asked the onc. about that question, too. His suggestion was to wait till I was done with chemo to get my eyes checked. They might snap back to normal, but some of these side affects still continue after chemo, too. So I'm not waiting.

Thanks again, everyone for responding. Hugs to all and remember when those East winds start blowing in the middle of the night and you start leaning into the West, find something quick to hold on to or it'll take ya down!:-)

Sue