Ovarian Cancer Raising Awareness

  • Fund raising

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    The government destroys wines, cigarettes etc that people have not paid duty on.  This is stupidity.  They should allow charities to pay the duty and sell the goods to raise money.  The government too would benefit by receiving the tax.  Is this too simple, or am I missing something.

  • Chemo Brain

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Fourth chemo.  Came home and cooked dinner.  What should have taken half an hour took nearly two hours as I went round in circles.  Chemo is going well - just hope this feeling of being completely drunk goes.  Mind you it is a cheap way.  

    Feeling positive though very hot.

     

  • Side effects catching up

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    From going through chemo fairly smoothly I am now walking around like a drunk, dropping things and feeling very unsteady and depressed.  My memory is terrible and I cannot hold things as before as my hands cramp up and the hand looks as though it has got arthritis in it.  Had a bad reaction to the last lot of chemo and I am wondering if this has been the cause.

    Still only one more chemo to go and then a scan a week after…

  • Sixth of Six Chemo

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Sixth chemo over - great.  Again it was a couple hours late starting with long delays inbetween.  Noted that actual nurse time was 15 minutes but they were rushing around at chemo treatment was two hours late arriving and they were short staffed.  Have used work study experience to suggest a new system, which if I am right in thinking where the delay is being caused will help both patients and the poor nurses.

    After the…

  • Absolutely bewildered and in shock

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Went for the results of my CT scan to be told there was a nodule still and I would be monitored.  I saw the large melon size one on the right hand side and another about the size of a penny on the left hand side when they were doing my ultra sound scan.   I understood both ovaries and tubes were being taken out........................... so where is this nodule.  Why didnt they take it out when they had me on the operating…