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Harrie,
Welcome. Melinda is right, you will find lots of info on this subject on her earlier thread. My info is there but I will add that I am experiencing a great deal of heartburn. I had it already for years and had been sucessfully treating it with prescription meds daily, but I have had to double up and start using tums for intermient flare-ups despite the meds. I had my second round yesterday and haven't had as much trouble with the decadron insomnia as last time. Do have a pretty intractable headache though - don't know if that is herceptin related (?).
As many others have said, I am finding TCH doable. I have missed very little work so far - though I am very lucky in having a fairly sedentary job, and a wonderful boss and co-workers who are picking up the slack for me when chemo-brain sets in.
Best of luck, dear. Bring all your questions, concerns, and emotions here. This group is wonderful! I have been on a couple of other message boards but find that the HER2 + status changes so much for us in terms of treatment choices and outcomes, this site is much better and the info and advice is much more relevant.
Keep us posted!
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Age 50, premenopausal
Dx 1/2/07 DCIS/IDC
Lumpectomy 1/4/07 1.1cm tumor
SNB 3 nodes clear
Stage 1, Grade 2, HER2+++ (FISH 6.8)
ER + / PR +
TCH, 6 rounds, finished 6/1/07!!!
Herceptin to continue for 1 year
36 rads finished 8/22/07
Port out 8/27/07
Switched to Herceptin weekly for joint pain
Ooph 11/13/07
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