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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + HER2/neu Positive Breast Cancer, Created: May 29, 2007 10:54 am
Herceptin side effectsMy oncologist gives me the following:
Emend (orally 1/2 hour before appointment) - the most awesome anti-nausea medication in the world. Aloxi (IV premeds) Dexamethosone - (IV premeds) 3 Tylenol (orally) 1 Benadryl (orally) With all this onboard before I start the herceptin, I have yet to have any problems either during or after treatment except for a little fatigue. I have to take the Emend the following morning, but gladly do to insure that I won't have any ill effects. April |
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Connecting With Others Who Have a Similar Diagnosis + HER2/neu Positive Breast Cancer, Created: May 29, 2007 10:35 am
Herceptin & hair growthHowdy,
I'm new to the forums but wanted to add my two cents. I've been doing herceptin alone since the second week of January. I actually started seeing some growth just before my last taxol/herceptin treatment on 12/29. I have been frustrated at the rate of hair growth but have attributed it to the fact that I lost a lot of follicles during the process. While my hair is still very, very short, it does seem to be thicker now than it was 2 or 3 months ago. I can't wait to leave the ball caps at home so I no longer get called "sir" when I'm out. April |
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