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Changes in Blood Pressure
I, too, experienced wide swings in blood pressure after starting chemo. In January, when I started A-C, I also had spells of light headedness and almost fainting. I bought a monitor and noticed that my previously high blood pressure, for which I had been taking medication for about five years, was pretty low. I gradually weaned myself off the BP meds.
Then, strangely, when I started Taxol-Herceptin, I had a week where the BP just shot up. It got to 164/100 and I rushed to the GP. He prescribed BP drugs again. Now, as I approach my 4th and last Taxol-Herceptin, I am again only taking the BP meds a couple of times a week.
Both the GP and oncologist swear they've never heard of chemo affecting BP. I don't know what else it could be and am glad to hear I'm not the only one it affected.
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Diagnosed 11/06; IDC
Stage 1, Grade 2
MRM 12/06; 19 nodes removed, all negative
ER/PR-, HER2+++ - 4 rounds AC - every 3 weeks
- 3 rounds Taxol + Herceptin - every 3 weeks (developed allergy to Taxol so stopped treatment)
- Weekly Herceptin after Herceptin-induced cardiomyopathy from treatments every 3 weeks
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