our fight against ovarian cancer

  • braving town without hair

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Today i actually went shopping with my daughter, decided to hold my head uo high and look people in the eye, happily no-one even gave me a second look thankfully and i enjoyed, if thats what you can call it, buying matching fancy scarves, the type you wear around your neck, and plain tee shirts to match.    Not looking forward to tomorrow though, bloods done today but tomorrow its the meeting with oncologist, always nerve…

  • 3 weeks after 1st chemo

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    well here i am, relatively well although i have now lost my hair. Just in case there are familys out there whose loved ones are really ill after their first chemo, IT WILL PASS, really and truly, i could'nt even drink water, or sit up, i just wanted to close my eyes and not wake up, very harrowing for my family i can tell you, but after about 6 or 7 days i started to pick up, very weak, but eating more than i have done…