Newbie and a question re liver issues.

Tri said:

@kymbo I hope you’re feeling a lot better after your roller coaster curve balls and lung infection.
Similar to the comment made by @Afraser it seems liver function numbers do fluctuate, and like your oncologist, my oncologist keeps an eye on them and also said she’s not too worried - they’re within a safe range as far as she’s concerned. 
I’m HER2+ and yes, had the targetted therapies, Herceptin and Perjeta, combined with a taxane (DoceTaxel) and carboplatin pre-surgery. I am still in active treatment- and will have the 16th dose on Friday (nearly done! 🌻🌺😎). My blood test is done ahead each time so my oncologist checks liver function amongst other things. I feel confident my oncologist would take a precautionary approach if anything was awry with my liver function, she is always open to my experience of the treatment, and adjusted the dose down by 10% after round two (because of other non-liver related side effects).
On the upside that is brilliant news about your treatments to date shrinking the tumour!!! All the best for smashing the blood clot and recovery from your infection. 

First of all, congratulations on almost finishing the chemo part!! I'll be having my 7th at the same time as you will be having your 16th!!! That is so exciting.
Did you end up with peripheral neuropathy? Also did you wear ice gloves and socks? (I started to on my 2nd treatment of round 2, and hoping to avoid, but with my track record so far, I'm a bit sceptical that I will!!) 
I too have a blood test every week (next is tomorrow, and it will be interesting to see if it has moved-my guess is that it will be similar, as I think the combination may have done it and maybe the Taxol dose last week didn't affect it too much more, time will tell!) and I do know that they will keep a close eye on all of that and adjust when necessary. My fear of course, that it will go so high that I can't take my life-saving drugs at all. The bc nurse phoned me yesterday and put my mind at ease a lot. She was explaining how everybody metabolises things that go into their body differently - some people can drink a bottle of spirits, without it affecting them too much (who knew?? LOL), while others can be greatly affected by a glass of it.
She said that my body went into overdrive accepting these drugs and they will give me what is appropriate for me. She said it doesn't matter if less drug/chemo-it will be what is right for my body. She made a lot of sense. 
Now to smashing that damn blood clot before surgery in June! 
And yes, I can feel that the tumour has shrunk even more since these first 2 treatments, round 2. Yay!

Good luck with it all! What a ghastly ride, but we'll get there eventually!! :)