Connect
← Return to Zometa infusions to help prevent bone loss from cancer treatments
Discussion
Zometa infusions to help prevent bone loss from cancer treatments
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Jul 26 12:21pm | Replies (165)Comment receiving replies
No one mentioned it to me either, until my oncologist retired and I started seeing my husbands wonderful oncologist. He said geez I sure would hate to see you get a compression fracture and after I had an accident and everything broke two years before. It seemed like my pcp would have picked up on it. Thanks be to Mayo trained doctors!
You will need to advocate for yourself in this. If your doctor won’t listen, I would humbly suggest a second opinion might be in order. Maybe this drug isn’t right for you, but pretending there is no problem certainly can’t be the best plan for you either.
Replies to "No one mentioned it to me either, until my oncologist retired and I started seeing my..."
My oncologist mentioned the bone density issue at the meeting when he recommended anastrozole. We went over the major side effects. I gather the issue is less that the drug causes this than that estrogen depletion does. But maybe the aromatase inhibitors exacerbate the bone loss?
Connect
@Chris. Thank you. I advocate for myself. I’ve called my Cancer Services clinic to get another opinion. When I called to get an appointment with another oncologist, they looked up my file ‘oh you are Dr. White’s patient’. I said yes but I want an opinion on bone density med. The gal said ‘please hold , I’ll have to speak w/ someone about this situation’. 😳. Lol. That was 1 1/2 weeks ago. I called after a week and said ‘ Hi Marissa - I doke to you about getting an appointment with another oncologist, you said it was a Situation’. She even laughed. Said someone would call me. No call , been about 4 days. I guess the situation hasn’t been resolved. 🤷♀️💪🏼 I’ll keep calling them!! Never give up.