Chime in please! Has herceptin (or tykerb)affected your eyebrows/lashes,fingers/toes/

[Mel3]

I am currently receiving daily radiation and Herceptin every three weeks. My fingers are dry and cracked, nails are brittle. My hair is slowly growing in but not enough to comment about. My nose drips when I get tired or stressed, so then I take a break for a few minutes to recover. I've had a few sinus headaches and my right ear makes a strange sound that's like a stretched rubber band that has been touched, if that makes any sense. I can live with this and am thankful for Herceptin.

[Emelie B]

This is my second time on Herceptin and I have now been on it for 11 mos. The first time was with Taxotere and this most recent time was with Taxol. After my first round with Herceptin, all my eyebrows grew back, my lashes came back, my nails finally got strong and I did not have any problems with my toenails.

This time round I have gotten my hair back slowly ,and it is as thick as ever, just more coarse. A lot more gray hair.
My eyelashes keep falling out and my eyebrow on the right side is non-existent in the middle of the brow. Thank God for brow pencil.
My fingers crack all the time.
My nails split badly so I keep them trimmed as short as possible.
My toenails peel in the middle of the nail and come off.
I also have more fatigue than last time, but then again, I am 55 now so that could be the reason.
Hope this helps,
Emelie