[MJo]

I am sorry that your pain is making it hard for you to walk. I had to stop Herceptin at 9 month because my muga dropped 16 points. The oncologists think about risk -- I was stage 1 with a tiny tumor and I guess he was more concerned about risk to my heart than with my finishing one year. How big was your tumor; did you have positive nodes? I believe there are European studies going that are trying to prove that 6 months is as effective as 9 months, but the results won't be in for a few years. I feel reasonably confident that I got enough Herceptin treatment. You have to feel that way too if you stop.