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Her2 positive - post chemo and surgery
Hello again I'm post chemo and surgery. Chemo did its work and shrunk the tumors (it was early stage) Small amount of tissue removed in lumpectomy for testing. Received complete pathological resul...
Hi @cheri
That’s such good news about your tumour’s “complete” response to the chemo: well worth celebrating!
That’s such good news about your tumour’s “complete” response to the chemo: well worth celebrating!
Your Herceptin treatment sounds
similar to mine except that I have Herceptin plus a chemo drug ( I had a few cancer cells found In pathology at surgery) and I am having it intravenously every 3 weeks rather than by injection.
similar to mine except that I have Herceptin plus a chemo drug ( I had a few cancer cells found In pathology at surgery) and I am having it intravenously every 3 weeks rather than by injection.
The side effects for me are, I think, probably due to my pre surgery chemo - at night I experience aching ankles and “burning” sensations in my feet from neuropathy. I do feel a bit under the weather, tired and get dry mouth and eyes in the first week after treatment. For some reason I also get a runny nose!
I had an echo every 3 months and I need to organise my bone density scan.
From the 15 sessions of radiation therapy I noticed I was more fatigued by it than I expected. But I seemed to get past that a month or so after completing it.
I had an echo every 3 months and I need to organise my bone density scan.
From the 15 sessions of radiation therapy I noticed I was more fatigued by it than I expected. But I seemed to get past that a month or so after completing it.
I’m now taking Letrozole, vitamin D and calcium. I have some minor feelings of intense heat (at night) but overall nothing too severe. I’m not prescribed anything else.
Again, very happy to hear about your good results- thanks for sharing.
Again, very happy to hear about your good results- thanks for sharing.