Hi Tracy,
I'm not sure if you have gotten to the point in screening for the study when you would discuss being a nursing mother. But, Erbitux may be excreted in breast milk (as well as other bodily fluids.) I know that it is of utmost importance to maximize your treatment options. But, if it is a blind study, you would be discontinuing nursing possibly for the sake of receiving a placebo. Just thought you would want to be aware.

Erbitux can be a phenomenal addition to radiotherapy. If you have read anything I have posted about J's misadventures with Erbitux, please don't let it scare you away from it.

I hope you get a variety of responses so that it helps you make the informed decision you desire.

Sandy
xoxox



Ex-spouse MISDIAGNOSED with SCC-HN IVa 12/10. Tonsils out 1/11. 4 teeth out 2/11. TX Erbitux x2, IMRT x2 2/11. 2nd opinion-benign BCC-NOT CANCER 3/11. TX stopped 3/11. New doctors 4/11. ENT agrees with 2nd opinion 5/11. ENT scoped him-all clear 7/11. Ordered MRI anyway. MRI 8/22/11 Result-all clear.