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Hives from chemo - Can you help?
Hello,
I have a dear friend that reacted to chemo with hives. The theory is that it is either the taxane or the neulasta that caused this. They have been unabating except when on the steroids. She is miserable...and tho she has finished the chemo many weeks agao the hives keep coming back unless she takes more steroids. She has been referred to an allergist by her oncologist.
Please let me know if you have any advice!
Thanks,
Terri
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Terri, spouse of Ruth, Dallas/Ft. Worth area
Ruth dx 05/01/07 (age 50) Filipino
multifocal, several tumors .5 -2.5 cm, large area
Breast MRI showed 2 enlarged nodes, not palpable
100%ER+, 95%PR+, HER2+++
6x pre-surgery TCH chemo finished 9/15/7 Dramatic tumor shrinkage
1 year Herceptin till 6/08
MRM 10/11/07, SNB: 0/4 nodes + Path: tumors reduced to only a few "scattered cells"
now 50% ER+, PR- ???
Rads finished 1/16/08
Added Tamoxifen,
Finished Herceptin 05/08
NOW is the time to appreciate life to the fullest.
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