Recovery post chemo and Herceptin

Options
Ms_Anthrope
Ms_Anthrope Member Posts: 21
edited December 2019 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

I finished Taxol in Jan 2019 and Herceptin in 2019, however, my blood counts are all still very low. ANC, WBC, hemoglobin and hematocrit. Last month I got a terrible sinus infection and cough that required antibiotics.

Thought I'd be on the mend by now. What are others' experiences? Am I going to have a "new normal" now? Oncologist did folate, B12, and Iron tests recently to see if that was the issue. They were on the low side but not below the limits.

Thoughts?

· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • Ingerp
    Ingerp Member Posts: 2,624
    edited December 2019

    My first thought is protein. It's the beginning of so much of blood production. I pushed it really hard through chemo and I know it helped. I had cut back when I was down to Herceptin only and found I was feeling a little weird on treatment days. I started eating beef the two nights before treatment days and felt *much* better.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Ms_Anthrope
    Ms_Anthrope Member Posts: 21
    edited December 2019

    thank you for your reply. My protein levels themselves are normal, although I'm a vegetarian. Perhaps you're right though. Maybe I'll up my instake of foods with protein and see if that doesn't help.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • WC3
    WC3 Member Posts: 1,540
    edited December 2019

    It took about 8 months PFC for my blood counts to return to pre chemo levels.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories