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Dear All,
Let me share my experience about getting Herceptin here.After I was done with standard chemo, surgery and RT in 2005, my surgeon suggested I take a year of Herceptin.At that time she thought my cancer was local hence herceptin as a preventive maintenance treatment. We like the idea very much but the cost is very expensive. We have no insurance and have to pay by ourselves. Every oncologists were not supportive about this because of the cost and also they thought herceptin was at a clinical trial stage and bla..bla.At that time,my surgeon left for UK and I was left alone without any damn doctors monitoring my progress with herceptin. Only one nurse helps me with the infusions and so on.
When I went to get my treatment, these doctors didnt acknowledge my presence..
Now I am into 14th session and thanks God, and thanks my surgeon for recommending me this drug. I am NED for the rest of my body except for
my brain- we found tumors early this month.
I found this site and very GRATEFUL for all the infos and encouraging stories from everybody here.
Take care and God Bless.
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Hannah68
D'xd in Feb 2005
Her2+++
Grade 1,
Stage 3,
(ER/PR-),Neoadjuvant AC, Mastectomy,15x RT,finishing a year Herceptin treatment in Sept 2006
Brain mets June 2006,two lesions,20 GY WBR,now on Temodar and continuing Herceptin
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