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Herceptin and radiation side effects
I am 5 weeks post chemo and about to start week 3 of 5 of radiation tomorrow. Hurts swallowing food as having treatment on nodes in collar bone, starting to get itchy on chest and so very tired alread...
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Hi J59, yes I didn’t associate it with the herceptin to begin with but makes sense now and wish they’d been more informative with it all I understand especially in the public system the volume of people they are seeing but something might have been helpful. I have the completely numb feet and hands also and no improvement since finishing in November but I was told that can take up to 18 mths it’s horrible hey. I still have almost 3 weeks if radiation but will be glad to tick that one off too. Do you have to have the hormone therapy as well?