CancerCompass message board discussion started by Sharonb on 4/21/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,23278,0.htm Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I have recently been diagnosed with ostronecrosis of the jaw, a side effect of the drug Zometa, which I have received several doses since 2003 for the metastisis of breast cancer to my spine and leg and clavicle. I am cancer free in my bones now but my jaw is dead, tissue over the dead bone won't heal from a tooth extraction and I am in excruciiating pain. They say there is no trreatment, it's irreversible and not much they can do. ANyother sufferers out there? How do you cope with it --increasing doses of pain medicine. It helps with the pain byt I am tired all the time, and sleep a lot more than I'd like to . My cancer is stable. Sharon B. Sharonb Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT