I need the Pink ladys advice please

ppurdin
ppurdin Member Posts: 1,181
in Breast Cancer #1

I got ready to go get Chemo today.Was so excited.Its my half way mark.And I get a week off.Then my daughter who always goes with me was their .Then my friend stopped in.Then my daughter came in clinic walked up to me.She said how you feeling.I said ok.She said your heart is flip in around.missing beats.It did that the second treatment.I go to a heart dr.He has me on a heart pill.Put me through test.Said some people just have a irregular heart beat.Now he had already told me Chemo is hard on your heart.I am scared they will stop my treatments.I wonder if the port is making it do it.Has anyone of you had this happen?Thank you so much.I Hope you are all doing well.

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  • CoastalMom
    CoastalMom Member Posts: 38
    edited August 2016 #2
    Heart Scans

    Have they done any heart scans? Such as an MUGA heart Test,  echocardiogram?  While I was taking treatments I had a MUGA scan every three months to check my heart to make sure the Herceptin had not messed it up. What they are looking at is your ejection fraction and it is suppose to be like 50% or better. A friend of mine did have heart issues during treatment and her chemotherapy was held for a few weeks then resumed.

  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
    edited September 2016 #3
    I agree with Costalmom --

    Please have this checked out immediately-- echo cardiogram/ MUGA something ..

     

     

  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    edited September 2016 #4
    hugs

    hugs

  • Kfish
    Kfish Member Posts: 11
    edited September 2016 #5
    Echocardiagram

    i am triple positive. My chemo regimen is ACTH. I finished 4 rounds of AC and have had 4 of 12 Taxol and Herceptin weekly treatments. There is a risk of congestive heart failure with ACTH. I had an echocardiogram before my first AC chemo. Another echocardiogram before taxol started. I will have another after taxol ends. I will have Herceptin infusion every 3 weeks after taxol for about 8 more months. I will have  2 more echocardiograms during the Herceptin treatments and one after the last infusion. 

    I believe the oncologist compares the various tests to see if there is a significant change. Hopefully there is not or I suspect treatment dose could be lowered or stopped. 

    My advce is to ask about having this test done and continue to monitor it.  

    Karen

  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #6
    checking back in to see how

    checking back in to see how things are doing.

     

    Denise

  • Iris_G
    Iris_G Member Posts: 50 Member
    #7

    ppurdin....my bc was triple positive, which means I had 6 rounds of taxotere/carboplatin/herceptin.  The herceptin can cause heart issues, so my onco sent me every three months for an echo cardiogram.  In fact, the pharmacist at his practice wouldn't even mix my meds until she had a good echo report in front of her!  One treatment was put off for 2 weeks since I couldn't get immediately in for an echo!  I finally have my last herceptin treatment on 10/26!  So glad this portion is over & done!

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