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Strange side effect from vaccine trial
I am wondering if any of you had this happen during the vaccine trial. My last vaccine was August of 2013. Since my diagnosis and treatment, I do not consume much alcohol. However, on occasion I will have some alcohol. About 2 months ago, we bought a case of wine for friends for Christmas. Trader Joe's only has this type of wine once per year. My husband kept a half case to have at the house. I had 2 half glasses of that wine (a red blend). In the middle of the night I woke up with 1/2 golf ball size welts on the arm where they administered the vaccines. There were 2 shots for each vaccine, and there were 2 welts where vaccines had previously been injected. Last night we had friends over and our husbands taught us how to play poker. I had one glass of white wine, a salad with Balsamic vinegar and a couple of low alcohol beers over the course of about 5 hours. Again, I woke up with these welts. I am going to Mayo on Friday for a blood test and echo for the trial and I will ask about this.
Do you think this means that the vaccine that is supposed to target over expression of Her2....recognizes that "little" amount of alcohol as something it needs to react to? Or do you think it is reacting the sulfites in the wine. Balsamic vinegar also has sulfites? The next day in both cases, the welts were gone.
Has anyone else had this experience with welts reappearing at the injection site after a drink of alcohol?
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DX November 2010
Brain MRI, CT of lung, liver, bone, all clear
Double Mastectomy w/expanders December 1, 2010
ER- PR- Her2+++, grade 3, 12 positive nodes out of 15
Stage IIIc
Started TCH/Chemo December 31, 2010
6 rounds TCH
Herceptin every 3 weeks for a year
33 rounds of TomoTube radiation, to chest wall, neck, skin and lymph area
September, 2011, MRI to lower spine, hips, DX bulging disk, L4 & L5, pain not from cancer
Expanders removed, implants in Dec 1, 2011
Finished Herceptin, December 21, 2011
August 2012, CT of chest and abdomen, all ok
Enrolled in MC1136 Phase I Peptide Vaccine Trial at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
March 2013, First Vaccine
April 2013, 2nd Vaccine
May 2013, 3rd Vaccine
June 2013, 4th Vaccine
July 2013, 5th Vaccine
August 2013, 6th Vaccine Done!
September 2013, Mayo visit, Echo results 68, vaccine did not effect my heart! Blood work normal.
January 31, 2013, Mayo visit, Echo normal
February 23, 2014, Numb lips on right side, Brain MRI, normal!
June, 2015, Finished the trial at Mayo Clinic. Feels good!
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