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Every three weeks, triple dose
Hello. I have never commented in here before. Although new to this forum, I am not new to Herceptin or breast cancer. I was diagnosed 4 years ago today with stage 4 breast cancer, with liver mets. I was given 18 months. That was 4 years ago. I started a strong regimen of chemotherapy, starting with 5FU, Epirubicin and Herceptin for 12 rounds, then Taxotere and Gemzare with Herceptin for 12 rounds, followed by Carboplatin and Cisplatin with Herceptin. It was a long year. Then 30 rad treatments. I never had a mastectomy or lumpectomy. They figured since I was stage 4, why bother I guess. Anyway, I have been having Herceptin every 3 weeks, (528) for the last 3 years. I have just started having a type of allergic reation to it though, and was wondering if anyone else experienced it. My blood pressure either drops, or raises. Then I spend the next 3 days with sore bones and headaches. I'm in bed right now actually! Had treatment yesterday and blood pressure sky rocketed. Doc makes it sound like Herceptin is no big deal...it's not "chemo"! Have had MUGA every 3 months, stats are still good 52. Just getting harder and harder to deal with side affects.
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