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I am just finishing a year of Herceptin. My last infusion is next week.
Side effects:
Runny nose
Runny eyes
Fairly severe arthritic pain in hands (thumb joints) and from time-to-time in shoulders and back
"Icky" stomach frequently -- something like morning sickness
Congestive Heart Failure -- although very strange because it is on the right side. May be a pre-existing condition exacerbated by Adriamycin &/or Herceptin
Fatigue - probaby from the CHF rather than herceptin
All-in-all -- much better than a recurrence. I'm happy to put up with these things & feel lucky to have herceptin in the picture.
I'm hopeful these issues will resolve once I'm off herceptin for awhile. We'll see.
Take care everyone
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