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35 y/o and diagnosed with HER2 positive breast Cancer
Hello, I am new on this online discussion thread but I find it very encouraging. Here it goes.. Is anyone out there who is HER2 positive who is the same age range like me? I just got got diagnosed o...
@PV123 that is my favourite article! I read it when I get anxious.
I made the mistake when I was first diagnosed of reading an out of date article online which had the old prognosis for Her2 before Herceptin came along and changed things. I read that one next and it talked me off a cliff!
Lovely to hear from all the Her2 ladies working their way through treatment.
@ara if you are going on to Paclitaxel make sure you read the post I have on tests and treatments about cold therapy to help avoid neuropathy side effects. Many patients find it helps them with this.
Good luck with all your treatment and to everyone still going through it. I am just out the other side of chemo and radiation and half way through my year of Herceptin and starting to feel normal again and get hair. You will get there soon! xx
I made the mistake when I was first diagnosed of reading an out of date article online which had the old prognosis for Her2 before Herceptin came along and changed things. I read that one next and it talked me off a cliff!
Lovely to hear from all the Her2 ladies working their way through treatment.
@ara if you are going on to Paclitaxel make sure you read the post I have on tests and treatments about cold therapy to help avoid neuropathy side effects. Many patients find it helps them with this.
Good luck with all your treatment and to everyone still going through it. I am just out the other side of chemo and radiation and half way through my year of Herceptin and starting to feel normal again and get hair. You will get there soon! xx