Hi Girls, I have been on herceptin for three yrs. now. I took it with Taxol for 20 weeks from 2/03 till 7/03 weekly, from 8/03 loading dose every three weeks. My ono said if the see heart problems it's usually in the begining. My ejection fraction has has fluxuaited from 72% to 54%, I've had enough MUGA's to feel that it depends alot on the skills of the tech doing it. The ono's feeling is that it would be very unlikely that the heart function would improve while on herceptin. I don't take any supplements. My MUGA has at times showed improvement of 12% from one to the other, when I question him about this he said the accept a veriable of 15%. ????????? I have consulted a cardioglist and he said he would couple results with symptoms. This makes sense to me. I was first diognosed with bc in 3of97. Had mets to mediastim in 2001, liver and lung 2003. Thank GOD for HERCEPTIN........
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