Hey
Zometa was an absolute B! It all started exactly 24 hrs after it was administered. Every single bit of bone in my body HURT…including teeth and eardrums! Unexplainable! Fever chills and hot flushes! But it eventually subsided. I’m preparing myself next time…firstly I know what I’ll be getting…but I will have some kind of pain killers from the night before or something! The pain was excruciating never anything like it…not even with two long deliveries! Been coping with chemo ok. I get two weeks of Revimid and a week break. Four cycles in total and then the SCT. I’m terrified of it! I just don’t know how it will all go….
You are a few years younger than me…it’s tough on your family and worse on yourself…but please make heart. I know easier said…like I mentioned I’m not looking forward to that part of the treatment and especially with having to travel from here and the difficulties that might arise from it. But we owe this to ourselves and hard as it is we deserve to be around for our family too! Sending an embrace…
Hello Dean
Thank you for your reply. I have heard great things about Kings College however to my knowledge all Maltese patients are treated in Royal Marsden. Since I do not live in Malta but still holding a Maltese passport that would be the most obvious option however I am receiving treatment in another country and I’m not sure I can go through that channel. So far most has been covered by a private insurance and I’m likely to get my SCT through it. Having said that my husband’s job is in jeapordy and that might change…so really I’m looking at all possible options.
How are you coping with your treatment? I feel my body changing mostly my skin…but really NOT looking forward for my next Zometa on Thursday next week…it really shook me! Good luck on your SCT…please let know how you get on.
