low potassium- anyone else have this problem?
My potassium levels have been low, and this week my doctor has had me double my dose. He said earlier that carboplatin sametimes caused this but I haven't had carboplatin for at least a month. I am hoping this will clear up soon as theses doses of potassium irritate my acid reflux a lot. I had surgery for this many years ago but chemo made it flare up again. Any ideas?
Leslie
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Jan. 26- mammogram and ultrasound- suspicious lump
Mid-February- lumpectomy, infiltrating ductal carcinoma ~4.5 cm and a 1 cm DCIS, did not get clear margins, did not check lymph nodes
ER+/PR+, her2 +++, nuclear grade 3 of 3
February 20-PET scan showed something on liver. No biopsy.
March- Started carboplatin, herceptin, taxol on a four week cycle
May 3- Pet scan, with intent to do a biopsy, found nothing, liver or breast- no biopsy because there is nothing to biopsy
June 21- new onc, very concerned that there had been no biopsy,
June 18th-CAT scan, bone scan-negative
August 7th - Brain MRI-negative
August 9th- mastectomy, all pathology negative
January 2008 still NED! New oncologist -herceptin for full year after chemo- until July, and tamoxifen---negative scans since May '07
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I was told that having low potassium would be too risky?...
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