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caya · 03-02-2013, 10:18 AM

Wow Leah, your doc is amazing - also love that "if you were my sister" line- I wish all docs would remember that...
BTW, I developed SOB about a year ago, only noticed it when I was climbing up stairs, or going for long walks. With BC of course I immediately thought the worst, my GP did send me for a chest Xray, which was clear, but she also sent me for a special breath test, where you blow really hard and long into this tube and they measure ... well guess what, turns out I now have asthma - I strongly feel this is a late s/e from Herceptin. So I have an Advair disk and emergency puffer - I only use the disk occasionally, and the puffer maybe 3 x in the past year. More parting gifts from BC treatment, but hey, it is what it is.

Keep well.

all the best
caya

03-02-2013, 10:18 AM	#18
caya Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Thornhill, Ontario Canada Posts: 2,320	Re: Not sure what to think of the info I got today Wow Leah, your doc is amazing - also love that "if you were my sister" line- I wish all docs would remember that... BTW, I developed SOB about a year ago, only noticed it when I was climbing up stairs, or going for long walks. With BC of course I immediately thought the worst, my GP did send me for a chest Xray, which was clear, but she also sent me for a special breath test, where you blow really hard and long into this tube and they measure ... well guess what, turns out I now have asthma - I strongly feel this is a late s/e from Herceptin. So I have an Advair disk and emergency puffer - I only use the disk occasionally, and the puffer maybe 3 x in the past year. More parting gifts from BC treatment, but hey, it is what it is. Keep well. all the best caya __________________ ER90%+/PR 50%+/HER 2+ 1.7 cm and 1.0 cm. Stage 1, grade 2, Node Negative (16 nodes tested) MRM Dec.18/06 3 x FEC, 3 x Taxotere Herceptin - every 3 weeks for a year, finished May 8/08 Tamoxifen - 2 1/2 years Femara - Jan. 1, 2010 - July 18, 2012 BRCA1/BRCA2 Negative Dignosed 10/16/06, age 48 , premenopausal Mild lymphedema diagnosed June 2009 - breast surgeon and lymph. therapist think it's completely reversible - hope so. Reclast infusion January 2012 Oopherectomy October 2013 15 Years NED!!