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Just foiund this thread after posting separately on this topic.
Glad to read more on this. Vicki Z
Any of you taking Zometa a few years AFTER treatment?
Hi,
My oncologist suggested, on my most recent visit, that I start Zometa infusions once every six months for three years due to an article she gave me on Dr. Michael Gnant's work "showing Zoledronic acid reduces events in all of the subcategories, not only bone metastasis."
It has been four years since my treatment ended and I'm wondering if any of you on this site started these infusions post-treatment with this gap in their timeframe? I also was told that I must expect my insurance provider NOT TO PAY for this since I don't have osteoporosis and it will be about $2,000 per infusion at the hospital (30 min. of hydration/30 min. of Zometa) compared with $1,300 from an off-site location.
Thanks for sharing your history and experience with this. I want to do everything I can to prevent a recurrence and I wish my oncologist had told me about this study earlier, as I hear Zometa infusions are now being given to women right after they finish treatment.
Vicki Z
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Diagnosed 12/03 at age 53
1.5cm tumor, ER-PR-, Her2 3+(rt side)
Stage 1B, Three negative nodes from Sentinel Node Biopsy
Paget's of the nipple, Infiltrating Ductal Carcinoma and DCIS of the rt breast
Bloom-Richardson score 8/9, P53+ 60-70%, Ki-67+ 30-40%
Skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate lat-flap reconstruction and saline implants, 1/04
Chemo: FAC, five sessions every three weeks Feb.-May 04, then switched to HTC weekly for 12 weeks, June-Aug 04
Zometa every 6 months for osteopenia, started April 09
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