Finishing herceptin

I just had my last infusion on Dec 30th so it hasn't been long...hoping to see a big hair growth boost myself!!

So far it's just felt strange not to have to go back in 3 weeks...and slightly unsettling in that I kind of felt like the Herceptin every 3 weeks was like "insurance" and now it's gone...so part of me worries that the cancer might start to grow again now that I no longer get infusions. I am hearing this is common though...I expect it gets easier with time (like everything else!).

Congrats on being almost finished!

Hi Ladies who have finished Herceptin,

Just wondering at what point did you ditch your wigs? I am nine weeks PFC and have barely any growth compared to the photos of others who have finished chemo and are not on Herceptin. About how much hair can I expect to have after 12 months of Herceptin? I am not looking forward to having to wear a wig all day at work once I go back, but I think I will have to do so. I just can't imagine having enough coverage at the rate it is currently growing. (Going back to work at about eight months into Herceptin.)

Thanks!!

Akioli, the biggest change I had after finishing Herceptin was a big energy boost. I noticed about 6-8 weeks after my final H. that I had much more energy--I felt much more like my "old" self. While receiving H I didn't realize how much it was affecting my energy levels--I just felt so much better than I had when I was on chemo that I didn't realize I still wasn't fully back to my normal levels. So once off H, it became apparent how it had been making me tired!

My nose stopped dripping. Yea! And my toes and finger nails finally grew back.

steph - I stopped wearing anything on my head at 13 weeks, and my hair was totally gray. I colored it when it was about 3/4 of an inch long, but didn't return to highlighting it until it was a bit longer.

Yep, quite a bit of it was white, but my normal color is blonde so the white kind of blended with the blonde so I didn't color mine.

steph - aww, thanks! So glad to be of help!

2yorkies - my hair color situation prior to treatment was coloring my roots monthly in a cooler brown, and highlighting about every third month, lowlighting with the root color maybe twice yearly. I do this at a salon and use their standard color products. When I finally had enough all gray hair to color - probably about where yours is now, my hairdresser just colored it with the brown root color she normally used. She said I would look like a cheetah if we tried to highlight it, so it was all brown for a bit - hated it, but it was better than gray. I was so anxious to cover the gray I wasn't concerned with whether the productwas organic. I continue to color my hair the same way as I did prior to treatment, but have checked on the EWG Skin Deep database and my color products are scored at 2, which is pretty innocuous. I think some people have used organic products, and there are definitely some salons that use them exclusively. I have been careful with cosmetics and household cleaning products and try to use safer products.

2yorkies - the silver lining in my breast cancer cloud is using my experience to help others - if I could do that for you, it makes me happy! You can also use baking soda, salt, lemon and vinegar in different ways for cleaning! I love the Mrs. Meyers multi surface spray, especially the lemon verbena one - I use it daily!