New..just wondering if anyone is triple positive

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jen_randall
jen_randall Member Posts: 10
edited June 2014 in IDC (Invasive Ductal Carcinoma)

I have to have 6 chemo, 33 radiation, herceptin 52 weeks and another drug i can not remember. Is anyone else doing all this? I am stage 2b, grade 3, 3 lymph node positive, er, pr postive and Her2 postive.

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  • Jennt28
    Jennt28 Member Posts: 2,021
    edited August 2013

    Come on over to this thread jen_randall...



    http://community.breastcancer.org/forum/80/topic/764183?page=638#idx_19134



    regards Jenn

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  • LOutlandPotvin
    LOutlandPotvin Member Posts: 3
    edited August 2013

    I am receiving almost the same thing as you:

    16 chemotherapy sessions: first 4 were the AC protocol and the next 12 will be Taxol and herceptin (Herceptin to be continued for a whole year at 3 week intervals after my chemotherapy)

    I will then get operated on to remove whatever is left of the tumor.  After that I will start my radiation therapy and after that it will be some other therapy (not sure what it is, but it will be for 5 years minimum).

    I wish you all the best with your fight!

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited August 2013

    I was triple positive, stage IIIa, dx'd August 2004. I had generally the same treatment regimen you are facing -- 4 AC, 4 Taxol, 1 yr. weekly Herceptin, 31 rads (ended early due to "burns"). Have been on Arimidex for 8 years also.

    Still NED!

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  • goutlaw
    goutlaw Member Posts: 283
    edited September 2013

    That is gr8 optimistic....I am also getting a/c *4 then taxol*4 and herceptin ......Is weekly on herceptin better then every 3 weeks?

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited September 2013

    Things often change in treatment regimens -- I don't know if weekly is better than every 3 weeks. I assume that some studies showed every 3 weeks is as good or better than weekly. Certainly more convenient, and likely less costly, too. I would guess you will probably get a higher dose than I did on weekly schedule.

    I really had no side effects from the Herceptin. No significant SE's with Arimidex, either. 

    My treatments were all post-surgery, but now some treatment protocols call for chemo first, then surgery (like LOutlandPot). 

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