Carol
15 years agoMember
Mrs Carol W
I'd be interested to hear how many of you got Herceptin for early stage BC either before or after it came on the PBS about October 06. I was one of my oncologists first PBS patients.
Carol
I found Herceptin was far nicer than the chemo drugs and their side effects or the side effects of Arimidex. It just was a pain going in for an infusion every third week and having some swelling for a week - again nowhere near as bad as with chemo.
I now have lymphoedema which is an expensive chronic condition requiring constant vigilence tp prevent further tick & mozzie bites or nicks, burns etc which result in further swelling then massage, creams & bandaging and for me a month of intensive treatment with complex manual therapy.