I discovered something today that my oncologist neglected to mention. The Zometa has knocked me down.
This morning I woke up with slight difficulty breathing. I sucked it up and continued on. I also started feeling some bone pain, sort of like how I felt after my Neulasta shot after chemo. Then came the muscle pain. I figured this was because of all the running I did in the last few days. But yoga didn't help (it was actually kind of painful). And then came the lightheaded feeling and the chills. I think there might be something wrong, no?
I went to my favorite breast cancer site, breastcancer.org and found that many woman complain of feeling like the flu for the first day or two after their Zometa shot. Others describe it as feeling "300". Not sure if that's 300 years or 300 pounds, but I definitely feel like I've swelled up a bit, too ;-)
Seriously, I feel like a big baby. It's one thing when you feel like shit after chemo. It's kind of to be expected. But right now, I feel like shit and I just ran my best 5k in over 3 years just two days ago. I'm supposed to be feeling great, dammit!
Luckily, I only have to take this once every 6 months. For women who've actually had bone metastases, they have to take this once a month. So it's not that bad. Just a little unexpected, I guess.
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Hi Megan,
I'm sorry to hear you had such a reaction after the Zometa. When Pepere had his chemo treatments they also gave him Zometa. He had it more often and I remember he got a reaction to it also similar to your's. So, don't feel like a baby!
Love, Mom
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