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
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Hi Carol
I started on Herceptin in January this year and am 12 treatments in 5 to go. I am having a lot of trouble with joint and muscle pain and was interested to know if anyone else has this issues. I still have loss of feeling in my toes and balls of my feet but I am putting this down to the Taxotere.
I am hoping that the aches and pains might reduce when the Herceptin is finished. No problems with the heart so far. My kids think I don't have one anyway so thats no surprise.
Any info would help
Kay
Hi Carol
I started on Herceptin in January this year and am 12 treatments in 5 to go. I am having a lot of trouble with joint and muscle pain and was interested to know if anyone else has this issues. I still have loss of feeling in my toes and balls of my feet but I am putting this down to the Taxotere.
I am hoping that the aches and pains might reduce when the Herceptin is finished. No problems with the heart so far. My kids think I don't have one anyway so thats no surprise.
Any info would help
Kay
Hi Carol,
I was one of the first to go on Herceptin after it went on the PBS.
My experience wasn't good. My heart function plummetted and I was taken off the treatment after 11 sessions. I should have had 18 all up but it wasn't to be.
My heart is still in trouble and I am now under a heart specialist.
You can't win sometimes can you! LOL
Did you have any problems?
Rennay
