Pamidronate Disodium treatment to relieve her pain due to the Bone Metastasis from Lung Cancer

After 9 days of linear accelerator treatment, she still felt very painful. The day before yesterday (25/11/08), the doctors decided to combine this treatment with an infusion of Pamidronate Disodium. It is said that this medicine is effective to relieve the pain from bone metastasis. We were told that this might cause some side effects like vomiting, slight fever, etc. After one day's treatment, she was OK. However, starting yesterday, she severely vomited many times and her temperature went up to 38C. Doctors immediately gave her an injection of medicine to stop her vomiting, but it was not very effective. Then they decided to give her an infusion to stop the vomiting and also to help calm her down. Today, she said she felt much better. Her pain has been reduced and we are now much less worried. Thanks to Dr Mu and Dr He. They are the best doctors in the world.

Shocking News

Last Saturday morning, when I called my mama, she said she was suffering from a sudden spasm of back pain. It happened so suddenly. One minute she was fine and the next she was not. As she was washing her hands, in just a moment, she started feeling intensive pain. Since it occurred at the same place as she was hurt last time, she thought it was an old condition that had returned. Besides, it was only painful for her when she moved. So we were thinking we would wait a few days to observe her condition. But her condition did not improve. On Monday, she called two of her primary physicians each from a different hospital. Both of them suggested she take a bone scanning (ECT). She was admitted to the hospital yesterday (12/11/08) and today the procedure was performed. The result was shocking. We thought she just finished her full cycle of chemotherapy treatments. Her last CT was done just this August. So it won't be so fast. Who knows? The strange thing was that about the same period, she found her throat was suddenly becoming better. My father now says that probably it was just like dams. The water keeps pressing on all the dams until it finds the weakest one. The rest then feel relieved. We were all feeling desperate after we heard this news; especially my mom. She lost her confidence until her principal physician Dr. Mu calmed her down. She told my mom, as a doctor and a soldier, she guaranteed my mom it won’t be painful after the treatments. So immediately she discussed with another doctor to finalize a plan for her treatment that would utilize a linear accelerator. Today (13/11/08) she just finished her first treatment. We are not able to see the result yet, but my mom is able to regain some of her confidence now. Meanwhile Dr He also helped a lot. Recently there are many patients, hence no enough wards. Dr He managed to get a place for my mom immediately after we called him and he goes to see my mom every now and then to comfort her. Thank you so much, Dr Mu and Dr He. We will forever remember you.