glad to hear you are doing well...My tumors were HER2-positive so I got Herceptin for a year...Luckily, it did not give me any side effects like other chemo drugs..yes, a possible side effect is that it can give you Heart failure (where the heart doesn't pump as well as before)...but the percentage is very small and if your heart-pumping action goes below a certain percentage they will immediately stop the medicine and I was advised the effect will reverse itself when the med is stopped...I had to have MUGA (heart) scans every so many weeks...I did fine and got no lasting effects from the herceptin...they should evaluate you for the risk of heart failure (you have pre-existing heart failure) before starting the Herceptin and throughout treatment...for me if I developed heart failure, that can be managed...I wanted to knock out the cancer and so far so good!...just ask questions and you should do great!!
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