Had leukophoresis last weekend

[michele u]

As most of you know i'm in the vaccine trial in Seattle. I was there last weekend for my 5th visit. I had to have leukophoresis this time. I was very scared about this appt now i can't believe it's over already. It was NOT as bad as i envisioned it. They put 2 iv lines in and hooked me up. It took 3 hours and they told me to tell them if my lips went numb. They did!! It was because my body was lacking Calcium at the time. They then gave me iv calcium and it went away. I felt a little funny when they gave me back my red blood cells. It probably helped i took a valium before!! I just kept thinking, maybe my cancer are being filtered out too!! The sad part was that they told me my body was not making antibodies yet. It is too early to tell if i was not going to make them at all. By next visit, which is Feb. i should know. And to let some of you know, they have changed the protocol on Herceptin use with this trial. They will now allow it!!