TRIPLE POSITIVE GROUP

Jersey, yeah to the last chemo! The taste buds and energy DO come back. 8 weeks PFC feeling better every day. Here's to an uneventful spa day.

Hi. I was just wondering after AC/ taxol chemos are done and the one year of Herceptin is still ongoing, do we usually take tamoxifen during the time? I read somewhere tamoxifen increases her2 cells? Is this true?

Im on an AI and they started it about 6 weeks PFC, during rads and while I was still on herceptin

Extremely bummed.... last chemo delayed until Tuesday Nov. 10th!!!! The peripheral neuropathy that I am having in my fingers and toes is not easing enough, so they want to back off for a week to see if it eases up more, and then do last chemo on Tuesday. They want to take every precaution that the PN doesn't become permanent. (insert sigh) I guess it was more upsetting to get ready for the end of this phase and ready to ring that bell and have this part done. Especially since I met with the Radiation Onc, and set my plastic surgery consult appt. So I was really seeing the light at the end of the tunnel when I rolled up to the MO's office today.

It's all good and I'll warrior on.... just really want to go bat the crud out of something right now... Keep the good vibes coming for next week women! So glad you all are out here a support!

I asked my onc about the cross talk and she said it can be possible. I am on Lupron but on tamoxifen instead of AI. MO was worried about bone density and said clot risk on tamoxifen was same as the pill, which I was on for decades...

ttfan - not that I am aware of, but I have not been looking exhaustively.  I know that my MO was specific about wanting me on Femara - my assumption was a performance edge statistically and I never really quizzed him about it, but he did let me switch to Arimidex after six months due to trigger finger issues.  I stayed on it for a year, but then developed more triggers so I switched back to Femara, but a different brand, and no further problems.  The potential interference with Tamoxifen may have been why my MO was less than enthusiastic about my suggestion to switch to Tamoxifen after my five years are up with AI drugs.  I am willing to stay on something and I am not sure I want to fly without a net!  I have my regular appointment with him next month and I will bring the crosstalk question up in regards to both types of hormonal therapy and see what he says.

Sorry about your nipples but good news about your revision surgery, debiann! I know you weren't happy with how your reconstruction looked.

JerseyGirl22, sorry about the delay. Here's hoping your neuropathy dissipates and you can be done soon!

Jersey,

Congrats on getting done with chemo!!

go for it, age would indicate much, your will to live, and possible new discoveries. My 33 year old daughter went for the testing because of our family history, she was not fearful at all. Now the other daughter doesn't want to know, but is willing to go for hysterectomy because of bleeding, here age is another factor. It's rotten we have this type of breast cancer but the more they know, the more I hope they can improve cause no one is getting out alive.

Hello

I want to ask something. My mother has triple positive tumour, she is 63 years old. And we just started neoadjuvant chemotherapy. She took 1 cycle epirubicin docetaxel cyclophosphamide and in the second cycle she will take herceptin docetaxel cyclophosphamide. Our onc did not order Echocardiogram or MUGA.

Is cardiac examination mandatory during HERCEPTIN treatment, are we doing something missing

I have been missing for awhile. Life had been crazy and I had to put one of my dogs down. Good news yesterday was my last chemo!!!!!!!!!!!!!' Will start radiation in about three weeks. Hugs to all!!!

thanks for the answers. Doctor stopped epirubisin after starting herceptin. She took only one epirubicin. I asked him but after the first cycle for ECHO. He said not necessary. So I searched form the web and looked pro BNP myself. It was normal. But I worried about why he did not tell me.

Congratulations on last Chemo Gretagirl! Hopefully, radiation will seem easy compared to chemo. That's how is was for me.

Trisha-Anne! I'm so sorry. Five years and you think you're out of the woods, but you're not. That's what sucks about this disease; it's sneaky and underhanded. I don't know what to say about the Femara; it may have sort-of worked if your new primary is triple negative. Best wishes for successful treatment; hope you start feeling less swamped soon.

Congrats, Gretagirl!

My MO had me get an echo before I started Herceptin, and another after about 6 months on it.  I know others who have also had one after, but my MO felt that since there was no difference between my first two that one after was not needed.  I was 54-55 at the time.