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Old 02-18-2007, 07:51 PM   #1
tsiet
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starting Herceptin soon

Hello,
My name is Teri and I am 42 years old. I was diagnosed 5 years ago(2002) with IBC. I with through the regular chemo for 4 months, had a masectomy and then did more chemo for 4 more months and radiation for 8 weeks. I seem to be sailing through until last Aug. when I was told I now had bone mets. At first we tried Tamoxifien and Zometa for 4 months but it did not work. I have just finished 3 weeks of radiation because I was in a lot of pain so they thought it would help reduce the pain. I am scheduled to have a port put in my arm tomorrow so I can start receiving a low dose of Taxotere and Herceptin in 2 weeks. I was wondering if anyone can give me an idea of what to expect with Taxotere and Herceptin. I have seen some of the posts and it looks like I might be in for the long haul.
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Teri age 42
diagnosed w/IBC 2002, received A/C 4X, single masectomy, Taxol 12X, Radiation 8weeks, Bone mets 8/2007, Tamoxifien and Zometa, Radiation 3 weeks, starting Taxotere/Herceptin 3/2/2007

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