Hi
I had a review with my oncologist today and was surprised when he said that he did not think that the benefits of zoledronic acid infusions outweighed the risks.
I was very surprised as I’d been expecting to begin them after some dental work next month.
I am 63 and ER + HER - Grade 3. I had a mastectomy, dose dense chemo and radiotherapy last year. I began letrozole in December and will begin Ribociclib soon
Has anyone else heard this from their oncologist? I am thinking that I will request a telephone appt to discuss further as I want to do anything to reduce the risk.
I think you are right to question them if you don’t understand the rationale.
I was advised to have ZA and strongly resisted. After my own research and persuasion from oncology I reluctantly agreed to go ahead. I have one more treatment to go.
Hopefully for you it will be clear that there is no benefit so you won’t have the dilema.
Thanks for replying @laneycass
I will ring the oncology secretary after my tooth extraction next month and try to get an appointment to discuss further.
He said it was more important to get the Ribociclib started and hopefully that will begin in the next few months.
I was offered ZA and had one infusion but I had a bad flu like reaction to it (had to go to hospital) and because it was only giving me very marginal benefit (less than 1% on my Predict score) I’ve decided to drop it. For me I’ve got enough weird drugs going into my body, I don’t need something that’s hardly increasing my chances.
Hi @sam1204 I think I’ll speak to his secretary after I get my tooth extracted next month.
I’d at least like to give it a try - throw everything i can at it x
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