Hello everyone,
I’ve just started chemo using herceptin and navelbine. I’m supposed to do 3 cycles with each cycle consisting of two weeks of both drugs and one week with herceptin. I was told that it is a light chemo and I would only feel tired. However, I’ve had everything from a swollen tongue and inflamed gums, colic, indigestion, headaches, aches and pains, and now neutropenia which meant they couldn’t give me the herceptin last Monday. I think the dose of navelbine was 25mg. Has anyone else had this treatment and if so how did they feel and what dose did they have? I thought they could lower the dose if reactions are so severe but I was told no.