Hello Dodderick and a big welcome to Cancer Chat, 

I am sorry to hear you have been in a lot of pain and I hope that the treatment works well for you and that future CT scans will show an improvement. It's good that the tumour hasn't got any bigger recently. We have detailed information on our website on bone cancer which may be useful for you to have a look at. You can also find out more about Zometa (Zoledronic acid) on this page and I hope that your treatment goes smoothly next week. 

Hopefully you will hear from other members of our community who have been diagnosed with osteosarcoma before and had a similar treatment regime. It helps to talk to otohers who are in a similar situation. I've had a little look around the forum and found this thread for example by [@holliq]‍ who was also diagnosed last year with osteosarcoma in the pelvis - don't hesitate to respond to it if you wish and I hope that you will be able to connect with others on this forum who have been affected by osteosarcoma. 

If you have any questions or there is anything you would like to talk about, don't hesitate to ring our nurses' helpline on this free number 0808 800 4040 - it is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm.

I hope that your treatment goes well Dodderick - we're all thinking of you and hope that you won't be too much in pain. 

Best wishes, 

Lucie, Cancer Chat Moderator