Femara

I had my first infustion of Zometa yesterday....OMG!! Due to a less than flash bone density test, it was decided that I needed to have Zometa once every 6 months. As I'm sure a lot of you will understand.... just walking into the oncology day unit was incredibly difficult. After the infustion I felt OK, not too unwell, bit of pain in my legs but nothing too drastic.  I awoke at about 3:30am, exactly 12 hours after my infusion, to feeling nauseous and very ill. I felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest and every bone in my body was aching. Without waking my husband I went into the shower to stand under the hot water to try and ease the pain and to warm up, I was shaking with cold. After dropping to my knees in the shower as I was about to pass out, I thought, what the hell am I going to do now.  My husband must have realised something wasn't right and he came in to find me a blubbering mess on the shower floor. With all the chemo I have had, I honestly don't remember ever feeling this sick.

The shaking and chills remained for a good hour. Today, (the day after) I have been in bed all day with high temperatures, very painful chest and back and generally feeling like crap.

So, I write this as a warning to other women who find themselves in my position. First of all, the Dr. told me it was an "injection", and the information sheet they give you tells you that you may suffer flu-like symptoms.

It was only my personal investigation and talking to other women who have had this drug that prepared me, somewhat, for what I was to go thru.

I'm seriously thinking of writing a book called, "Things I would do differently".

They tell me that the first lot of Zometa is the worst, however, I can honestly say that I'm still not sure if my appointment in 6 months time will be kept!!

Just sayin!!