Back into the land of treatment....sigh...
Well what a shock it was to receive a phone call from my Oncologist on Monday, telling me that preliminary results from the clinical trial that I was in during my treatment in 2009/2010, have shown t...
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Hi Celeste
I have been on Herceptin every 3 weeks for the past 2 1/2 years and will be on it until it stops working for me. The side effects for me are fatigue, dry crusty nose but runny occasionally as well (weird) headaches and my eyesight has deteriated (I am short sighted). I'm not sure if other side effects are from Herceptin or Femara which I started 2 months prior to Herceptin, those side effects are joint pain, insomnia, hot flushes and heat stroke when I get to hot.
I had a PowerPort put in about 12 months after I started as my veins collapsed and it is excellent I even get the CT scan dye in it and they take blood from it as well so it's only one tiny prick instead of a couple. Although I have had minor problems with it as it moved and now is tilted down and to the left so they have some trouble getting into it but nothing like the trouble getting in my veins.
Sorry I am late responding but better late than never!!!
Have you started the Herceptin yet ? if so how is it for you so far?
Sue