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Hi All
I have just had first zometa for bone mets and felt dreadful after for flu like symptoms shivering and very feverish, bones all painful and not just in site of met.

I am to have monthly. Do these wear off or is this unusual ?

Thx
Hope 15

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Hi Hope - you’ll be pleased to know it’s just the first one, and symptoms usually only last 24 hours or so. Take some paracetamol and you should be fine tomorrow.

finty xx

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Hi,

As I think others will be along to say, this is usually just an after effect of the first one. I was warned about it and told to take paracetamol when I got home after the infusion and to drink plenty of water. I’ve never had the flu-like side effects after the first one and I’ve been on it monthly for almost 3 yrs now with my next one on Monday.

Hope you feel a bit better soon and don’t get the same SEs next time. It’s worth it in the long run!!

Liz

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Hi Hope

I also had a bad reaction from Zometa the first time - shivering, sickness, aching, but it only lasts a few hours. I have just had my fifth one and have been fine since.

Drink plenty of water and take paracetamol if you are aching badly. I wasn’t told to do that, but at the second session the nurse did say it would help.

Hope you feel better now.

Trixie x

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Hi hope,

I was lucky and didn’t get flu symptoms but I know you can get them the first couple of doses. As the others have said, drink plenty of water and take some paracetamols.

I try to up my fluids around my zometa dates and it seems to help. What I have noticed is that I tend to get a bit more tired and achy just before and after a treatment, don’t know if other people do or if thats peculiar to me!

Hope you are feeling much better now, love Julie

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Hi all,

Just catching up with the forums and sitting here and feeling achey all over. Got my zometa on Wed and always feel as though my body is asking for it a few days before, been on it over a year now.
Agree about the uptake of water and a nice hot water bottle for my spine. They are zapping with with radio for the first time in secondary stage on Thursday so a double whammie this time.

Keep positive all.

Starryskiesx

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Hi Starryskies,

I sometimes get aches a few days before my next lot is due too. I had a one-off rads blast in Jan after very slight progression and after a while it wiped me out - I was so tired and lethargic. Had forgotten what the rads could do (originally had it 3 yrs ago) so do bear that in mind. It did lift suddenly after about 5 weeks - and it worked too !!

Liz