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Boise City, ID

Instead of completing my treatment with Herceptin, it's been suggested I switch to Kadcyla. Anyone else have any experience with it?

June 28, 2023
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A MyBCTeam Member

Glad your treatment plan got rid of the disease from your body and you had few side effects. Did it effect your heart ejection fraction?
Do you have neuropathy from it?

September 27, 2023
A MyBCTeam Member

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with it. Glad you're doing so well!

July 1, 2023
A MyBCTeam Member

Hi there!
I had 14 rounds of Kadcyla, and it’s not like regular chemo, mostly had a headache the first couple of days after infusion. Only mild nausea with the first two infusions but Zofran helped that and my body got used to it by the 3rd infusion. I felt like I could go about my normal routine for the entire 14 rounds. I did have some odd side effects like bleeding gums that would happen suddenly for a few minutes towards the end of my treatments but that went away after treatment stopped.
Have your doctor keep a close eye on liver function as it can temporarily affect that.
I’m coming up on my 5 year cancerversary this October, I was stage 3 c triple positive when diagnosed and have been NED since 2020 💗🥳
Best of luck to you!

July 1, 2023

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