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Age 57, PC detected June 2008, PSA 70, Gleason 3+4=7, T2NxMx, bone scan clear, CT scan enlarged lymph node left side.
October 2008 surgery aborted due to lymph node involvment, ADT teatment with Trelstar injection and Casodex started. PC staged as Stage 4 due to lymph node involvment.
Janurary 2009, PSA 0.41 Trelstar injection, Casodex stopped due to liver function,
44 treatments of IMRT.
May 2009 PSA 0.17, Trelstar injection. CT scan showed enlarged lymph node left side (dying tissue).
August 2009 PSA 0.11, Trelstar injection.
November 2009 PSA 0.39 Trelstar injection.
February 2010 PSA 1.33 Trelstar injection,
pain to left ribs, CT scan mets to left ribs. Restarted Casodex 50 mg dailey.
My GP started me on Darvocet due to pain (it does not help)
Will start zometa infusion nest week.
Can anyone recommend any thing else I should be looking into?
I had my first Zometa infusion last week. The nurse which administered the infusion set the drip to run 45 minutes to an hour (small gage needle). I received a full dose 4ml? About 12 hours after the infusion I became extremely cold. I tried everything I could to warm up but nothing seamed to help. This lasted 10 to 12 hours. I then had mild flu like symptoms fever to cold chills, aching mussels, bones and joints, this lasted about half a day. These were the only side effect which I experienced, none were that bad.
Prior to the infusion I was experiencing bone pain (left ribs), most (90%) of the pain has gone after the first 48 hours.
