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I HAVEN'T STARTED HERCEPTIN YET, BUT WHEN I WAS TAKING TAXOTERE MY HEART BEAT BECAME RAPID. I DID 12 TREATMENTS WKLY AND HALF WAY THRU MY HEART RATE WAS ALWAYS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 90-117 MY DOCTOR WAS NOT CONCERNED WHEN I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT IT, HE SAID IT WAS VERY COMMON WITH CHEMO. MY HEART ECHO A FEW MONTHS EARLIER WAS FINE AND WHEN I MENTIONED MY RADIOLOGISTS TOLD ME I HAD A SLIGHT HEART MURMUR HE SENT ME FOR ANOTHER HEART ECHO AND IT WAS STILL FINE. MY HEART RATE IS STILL RAPID AND I'M ONLY DOING RADIATION NOW. I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN THINKING YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK..........THIS IS ALL SO SCARY WHAT WE HAVE TO GO THRU TAKE CARE
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