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Looking for info on thrush while on Herceptin
I have been on Navelbine and Herceptin since January as treatment for Stage !V breast cancer with mets in lungs and bones. They took me off Navelbine about five weeks ago but I've continued with weekly Herceptin. Two or three days ago I noticed canker sores in my mouth and the nurse said it was thrush. She gave me a mouth rinse to use four times a day. Has anyone had experience with that? I understand it could be from the low white blood cells but wonder why it happened now when my WBSs are higher without the Navelbine. How long does it last? Does the treatment work well and quickly? Kind of hard to eat. Any feedback would be welcome!
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1999 dx invasive cancer along with DCIS. Invasive is small (.4 and .1) but also microscopically multifocal.(several microscopic areas of invasive cancer). Also lymphovascular invasion. After mastectomy, biggest piece of cancer they found was 4mm. In aggregate, about one cm if not slightly more. Chemo not recommended and px was excellent. ER +, HER neg. Tamoxifen 5 years.
11/07, mets in both lungs, bones (not legs or arms), and skin. ER + and FISH test was 2.5 so mutated into HER2N+. . Arimidex 11/07 - 3/08, Navelbine and Herceptin weekly 1/08 - 8/08. Tamoxifen + Herceptin 8/08 - 1/09. Tykerb/Zeloda 3/09- 7/10. Doxil 8/10- 11/10. Clinical trial 12/10 - 4/11. Taxol + Herceptin 6/11 - 8/11. Gemzar 9/11 - current. Intermittent radiation for lesions on skin, hips, chin nerve, sinus bleeding. Watching and waiting and hoping for a miracle.
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