Mildly Her2+
i had mastectomy 2 months ago, all nodes and margins clear -3cm tumour. I am on tamoxifen, and Her2 finally came back mildly +. I have been told by oncologist that Herceptin could help a bit, but ...
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hiya,
I had a 3cm tumour, but it had spread to lymph nodes, and being HER+++, I knew i wanted the Herceptin treatment. But the Herception is financially linked to also taking a Taxol chemotherapy by the Govt, you can not have Herception without the chemo, and the Taxols are really tough on you.
I was unable to do anything much during that 3 months while taking Taxotere, but the drs also dont mention that Taxols, can have "after" effects of upto 6 months before you get back to "Normal".
After the official 3 months, in the following 2 months I then had 3kgs of fluid retention, muscle aches, joint aches everyday which did not happen in the prior months.
Personally I might not take a Taxol chemo if any secondaries appear, I would prefer to be energetic and active and if you have to take Neutropenia for Low white blood cells, that is completely debilating for 5 days each cycle, where you cant get out of bed.
ps apart from the BC, i was healthy prior to surgery, chemo and radiotherapy so have found this year tough and have only worked 2 days per 3 week cycle.
Also everyone is different and have diff responses, but the general theme on the forum is Taxols are "Nasty" & "rough"
hope this helps, B