Taxol / Herceptin

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Dragonfly92127
Dragonfly92127 Member Posts: 106
edited June 2014 in Chemotherapy - Before, During, and After

So i booked my weekly appointments in advance - all 12 appointments.

The scheduler booked me for 12, 5 hour long appointments.

PLEASE tell me that's wrong.  5 hours for weekly Taxol and Herceptin.

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  • maryannecb
    maryannecb Member Posts: 1,453
    edited November 2007

    The first Taxol and the first Herceptin take longer. I don't think they will all be 5 hours.

    Why are you getting Herceptin? Your sig says you are Her2-.

    However long it takes, do it. Before you know it ,you will be done and back on track.

    Fists up!

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  • Dragonfly92127
    Dragonfly92127 Member Posts: 106
    edited November 2007

    My first Her2 test was IHC 3+, the next two were FISH-negative. I have Polysomy of chrom 17.  So am I really Her2 + or -???  No one really knows for sure.  It has been assumed for awhile now that women with polysomy were negative but that opinion is changing. 

    My Oncotype score was 10, which my Onc says is more typical of negative. But since I have a positive internal mammary node (IMN) in my chest I am getting everything...6 months of chemo, 35 rds of rads,  year of herceptin, and Arimidex. My breast team all feel that the removal of an IMN is to invasive.

    Listed is below is 0/2 because I did not have positive nodes under my arm.  The IMN was found with a PET scan.

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