HER2
Hi everyone, I would like to keep in touch with some girls who have been recently diagnosis with Stage 3 and HER2 positive. Or anyone who has been there. I have fortnight chemo for 8 weeks and the...
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Hello there, I am 59 and Stage 3C HER 2 neu positive and had bilateral mastectomy right axillary clearance (10/36 nodes) . That was 30th October. I had a reconstruction at the same time. On 17th November I had to have one of my silicone implants removed and another put in and put on some pretty strong antibiotics. Other than that I picked up OK from surgery and saw a physio weekly for four weeks to make sure my arm was working better post axillary clearance. It went really well actually. Arm working perfectly and I see a Lymphoedema nurse monthly as a precautionary treatment. None yet, but I have to have 30 radiotherapy apps yet.
My chemo was 4 rounds of AC, which I have finished and then I will have 12 weeks of Paclitaxel with the year of Herceptin. I'm getting a PICC line put in the next couple of weeks to facilitate the Paclitaxel . So far the side effects were not real pleasant first round of AC but once I got all the anti-nausea tabs sorted. Pretty much smooth sailing. Quite a bit of crying and tiredness and 5 kg weight loss. ( which wouldn't hurt, I always carried an extra 5k.) Good luck, Ria