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debimccallum
10 years agoMember
HER2 Positive
I just after all my 6 treatments of chemo AC and then double mas and limpnobes taken out and going to dr and he said cancer gone except still have it in spine and then the next day get told I have HE...
primek
10 years agoMember
They usually start the Herceptin during your chemo treatment but secondaries can have diifferent receptors. Normally Herceptin is for 12 months only but possibly they meant treatment is now for life...on and off as needed. I hope the Herceptin is not too traumatic. I start my treatment in 3 weeks for 12 months at the same time as taxol for 12 weeks, having completed 4 rounds of AC? It must be very upsetting for you thinking it was all finished. Take care. Kath x