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Roxie66
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9 years ago

Terrible veins a year after finishing herceptin- will they ever get better?

I had 6 cycles of chemo and 17 cycles of Herceptin  which finished in May last year. I didn't have a port as I didn't want one (sort of wish I had now) and my veins are still terrible. Everytime I hav...
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Nadi
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9 years ago
I've had my port for 17 months now. I am so glad I got it for the Herceptin. My veins were really bad after only 2 rounds of docetaxol and cyclophosphamide. Now they have recovered and they have no problem getting blood out of my veins. I have another 18 months to go before I'll get it removed.