Blood Counts and Herceptin

mindersue · 08-31-2006, 07:19 PM

How about Aromasin and low blood counts, or radiation and low blood counts?

Grasping for straws,

Mindy

tousled1 · 08-31-2006, 07:52 PM

I'm not on Aromasin so I can't say how it affects blood counts. When I was on A/C and then Taxatore my red and white counts were always low. Then I was getting shots of Neulasta the day after chemo and Procrit the day of chemo.

chrisy · 08-31-2006, 08:34 PM

Mindy,
It can take some time for your blood counts to rebound after chemo. Are they continuing to drop on Aromasin/Herceptin or just not getting better? I've no experience with Aromasin, but have been on Herceptin alone for a year and a half and my blood counts have stayed pretty good.

mindersue · 08-31-2006, 09:15 PM

Thanks for the responses. My counts were low in July and lower today, after being on Aromasin for 2 weeks. My pharmacist friend said that Aromasin can cause counts to drop (about 20% of the time), as well as radiation.

I have to admit it freaked me out a little bit. : ) It just seems like they're going the wrong way. I'll wait and see how they come back in a week.

Thanks again, you guys are great!