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Herceptin side effects - gradually worsening joint aches/stiffness?

zsazsa1
zsazsa1 CSN Member Posts: 573 Member
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I've been on herceptin for a little over a year now, for uterine cancer, but I thought I might get more feedback here.  I'm gradually getting more and more achy - just stiff achy joints, not very bad, but slowly getting worse.  It's so slow that I thought it could be a side effect of the more intensive chemo I completed about 9 months ago, or the radiation I finished about 6 months ago, or just normal aging, but now I'm wondering if this could be a side effect of Herceptin.   It's just very slowly progressive - I figured that achiness after Herceptin would be a sudden and big thing right after an infusion.

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  • Apaugh
    Apaugh CSN Member Posts: 850 Member
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    Prayers going up

    I hope you have better days ahead.  Yes, it could be a SE.  I am 3 yrs out.  I take the anti estrogen meds.  I had the Herceptin in the past.  I ached then, I ache now.  I dont know when it ends.  I hope someone with a longer history might pipe in.

    I am now doing water aeorbics at the Y in the heated pool.  It gives me an hour of relieve.

    Hugs

    Annie

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