HER2 treatments for patients with autoimmune diseases

[Heidi Bibber]

Rinaina,
I was afraid that there might be potential problems but am glad to hear you are coming through it all right. I hope I will cope as well. I talked to another patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis (autoimmune as well) a little while ago. She told me that there is a silver lining because rheumatic pains, like in lupus, will decrease. I have dry eyes and mouth as part of the lupus. For a while I used cyclosporine drops for the eyes and just plenty of liquids for the dry mouth. It's great to be able to hear from veterans while being so anxious during the beginning.
Thanks,
Heidi

[R.B.]

Please see the posts on omga threes and sixes.

I have seen several links suggesting that these fats may influence risk profiles.

You can search on NCBI, which you will find on Google. Enter the autoimmune disorder and omega three / omega six / DHA / n6 / n3 as separate search terms and I am sure you will find a few bits.

You can search on this site using search above. There is lots on omega three and six.

RB

[rinaina]

heidi, while i was on chemo i had no joint pain whatsoever. other than the chemo side effects I felt great. the steroids given during chemo must have helped with the joints as well but my eyes were an issue and i was on steroid drops for that and i constantly used refresh to keep the eyes moist. I hope all goes well for you.