So I’ve got the final OK – I have found a location to receive my Much Needed and Long Overdue infusion of Zometa! YAY!
Much Needed and Long Overdue by 2 weeks. Two weeks that have past while I was struggling to find a solution to a problem that should NOT have existed.
The location will be North Cypress Medical Center – Ambulatory Infusion Therapy Center. Let’s hope their infusion procedures are better than the PET/CT Scan procedures of the North Cypress Medical Center Imaging Center which – supposedly – are not quite as close to protocol as they should be…
I’ve talked with Novartis Oncology Patient Assistance Program, and they are good to ship my “new” prescription of Zometa directly to the NCMC Infusion Therapy Center Pharmacy, so the Burzynski Clinic will have no handling of the 3 small vials of Zometa, so there SHOULD be no need for any $1500/month charge for “Medicine Management”.
The total infusion charges will now be $310.78 per month (just a little bit higher than originally suggested, but still Much lower than the $1000 at the Burzynski Clinic)… this will include receiving the Zometa, compounding the Zometa for infusion, infusion procedure utilizing my port and storage of the vials.
I am scheduled for this upcoming Thursday – July 02. If it hits me as hard as it did last time, I’m gonna have a helluva July 4th… And since Mom will be in Corpus with Dad, recovering from his surgery, I’ll be doing this one alone… ~sigh~
The “good news” though, is that the extreme symptoms I experienced with my first Zometa infusion were uncommon, and the more common “mild” flu-like symptoms usually occur with first treatment only.
Let’s Hope.
Well, I am glad to hear that you’ve found another place to get your meds shipped to and they aren’t charging you out the wazoo to store them! I hope everything goes well on Thursday – we’ll be in Bridge City, but I am a phone call away if you need me!
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Hooray! I know you were really worried about this the last time I talked to you! I’m glad you found a solution! I also hope you don’t get a ‘double whammy’ with a second bout of bad reactions!
Christine – Thanks Girlie! Y’all have fun and see ya when you get back
denise
Surviving…
Christy – yes, just more stress I’ve had to deal with. It’s not fair. This whole situation is not fair. It’s not fair for Anyone.
HOPEFULLY I won’t get too sick and I’ll feel better physically after the infusion. Seems I did before, so we shall see…
denise
Surviving…