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firstplace · 08-04-2006, 09:21 PM

It amazes me that the doctors think they are so sure of the side effects of herceptin when it hasn't been out here so long. They also don't think you can get cumulative effects from it. I do. I have been on Hercepting since March, but I just started getting Taxol 4 weeks ago. I am ER+ amplified by Fish and with the new Oncotype DX test that just came back. I started out with DCIS in my left breast, then needed a 2nd biopsy because there weren't clear margins. The 2nd biopsy showed a .5 centimeter portion of invasive cancer that ended up being explosive with it's aggression. I know the herceptin is saving our lives so the risks are worth it, but they say that it doesn't always work! They are telling me that I will only be on herceptin until December. Does that mean that my ER2 genes will start producing again? Do you know anyone who has stopped herceptin and is doing great?

08-04-2006, 09:21 PM	#8
firstplace Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Illinoi Posts: 10	herceptin It amazes me that the doctors think they are so sure of the side effects of herceptin when it hasn't been out here so long. They also don't think you can get cumulative effects from it. I do. I have been on Hercepting since March, but I just started getting Taxol 4 weeks ago. I am ER+ amplified by Fish and with the new Oncotype DX test that just came back. I started out with DCIS in my left breast, then needed a 2nd biopsy because there weren't clear margins. The 2nd biopsy showed a .5 centimeter portion of invasive cancer that ended up being explosive with it's aggression. I know the herceptin is saving our lives so the risks are worth it, but they say that it doesn't always work! They are telling me that I will only be on herceptin until December. Does that mean that my ER2 genes will start producing again? Do you know anyone who has stopped herceptin and is doing great?