Hi ladies
Has anyone taking / taken Herceptin had problems with putting on weight ??
Doc and Onco both think it’s more to do with forced Menopause but have been really good and also stepped-up excercise and STILL putting on weight…some weeks 3 lbs !!!
Anyone else had same prob ??
M x
I had 12 months of Herceptin for a primary tumour and finished it in February this year. I was fine until the last couple of months when I put weight on and have ended up about a stone heavier, which I am obviously not too happy about.
It has stopped going up now, but hasn’t started to come down, whether it will I do not know. I have stepped up the exercise, have always exercised and eaten healthy so we shall see.
Both my onc and the chemo nurses told me that everyone puts weight on with Herceptin.
So not really good news but at least you know it isn’t you.
Sam
Hi
I had 12 months of Herceptin and put on over a stone. I finished about a year ago but haven’t lost it. I’ve tried spurts of dieting and exercise but it just doesn’t seem to go and I eat healthiy all the time. I mentioned it to the Onc who said We’d rather you put it on than lose it. As long as it doesn’t keep going up and up he’s happy and said to walk half an hour each day. It’s just that I don’t like what I see in the mirror and my clothes are tight, but after what we’ve been through, it’s a minor problem really, isn’t it?
Ami xx
I know the feeling - come and join us on the ‘Stamina after herceptin’ forum - you won’t lose any weight but you will have a good laugh!
