Life AFTER Herceptin
8/10/06 will be my last Herceptin (or at least that is the "plan") and I have a question for all of you that TOOK Herceptin (preferably for a year) and are no longer on it. Lani has asked the question of side effects while ON Herceptin, but I want to know about AFTER. What physical conditions got better (remain the same or worse) after Herceptin and about how long after Herceptin did you notice these things? I understand some side effects may be due to chemo, but what do I have to look forward to after Herceptin is done? Thank you.
Rhonda
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Rhonda
Dx 2/1/05, Stage 1, 0 nodes, Grade 3, ER/PR-, HER2+ (3.16 Fish)
2/7/05, Partial Mastectomy
5/18/05 Finished 6 rounds of dose dense TEC (Taxotere, Epirubicin and Cytoxan)
8/1/05 Finished 33 rads
8/18/05 Started Herceptin, every 3 weeks for a year (last one 8/10/06)
2/1/13...8 year Cancerversary and I am "perfect" (at least where cancer is concerned;)
" And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."- Abraham Lincoln
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