Hello and thanks for posting,

I am sorry to hear that your partner is receiving treatment for breast cancer, this must be a difficult time for you both.

Waiting for test results is very unsettling for patients and their families. I'm afraid it usually does take a couple of weeks for MRI results to come back, so try not to read too much into this for now. I'm sure they will be in touch as soon as they have the results to hand to explain what the scan shows. 

It sounds like this neck pain was going on before she was diagnosed, so it is possible that this is unrelated to the cancer. It is very easy to think the worse but there could be a number of causes, so try not to worry.

You ask if it's possible to have a recurrence whilst on Herceptin. The drug Herceptin is a targeted treatment that attaches itself to the Her2 receptors on the cancer cells  to stop or slow down their growth.  Research has shown this drug to be very effective and has reduced the risk of the cancer coming back and increased the survival rates in women with this type of breast cancer. At the end of the day no one is able to know what the future will bring, the majority of breast cancers that do reoccur happen within the 5 years after treatment finishes. So I think it would be unlikely for this to be a recurrence.

I hope you know more soon. Please get back if you have more questions or if you would like to speak to one of the nurses do call on 0808 800 4040, we are here Monday to Friday 9am till 5pm.

Best wishes,

Naomi