I had my LOADING dose of a 3wk regimen of Herceptin alone on 8/18/05 ( I was dx w/ Stage 1, Grade 3, No nodes, ER/PR-, Her2+ on 2/1/05, had partial mastectomy on 2/7/05, finished 6 rounds of dose dense Taxotere, Epirubicin & Cytoxan on 5/18/05 followed by 33 rads). After my last dose of chemo I became anemic (8.1 rbc), but refused a blood transfusion due to the other risk factors. About a month later I was at 10.9, not sure what it was when I started Herceptin. Shortly after starting Herceptin I began experiencing dizziness (off and on). When I checked the Herceptin side effects it showed that this occured in 13% of the cases. Did any of you experience it after the loading dose and did it go away in time?
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