Heyy guys,
Has anyone else ever had to take these Olaparib/Lynparza treatment tablets before??
If so have ya'll ever really suffered from them and if you have suffered from them then what did you do/take instead like what are the alternatives??
I have Stage 4 Serous Carcinoma Ovarian Cancer and I was first prescribed 300mg of these tablets about 2 months ago and I took them for a couple of weeks but they just made me feel incredibly rubbish like I was just soooo so tired and out of energy all the time and I felt really nauseous and could barely eat like there was literally one day were all I ate was a banana which definitely isn't great at all, especially when I've literally been trying to gain weight!!
I just wasn't functioning like a regular human being anymore, so I stopped taking the tablets as advised by the doctors and I immediately felt soooo so much better and went back to normal again within a few days!
I had my regular treatment (Avastin/Bev) that I usually have every 3 weeks on Thursday after just over a month delay and they gave me two new boxes of the same tablets but this time they've lowered it by 50mg, so I now have 250mg instead of 300mg.
I've been taking these for about 4 days now (since Thursday night) and I once again just feel absolutely rubbish!
I'm extremely tired and have no energy whatsoever, my body is always really achey, I have no thoughts or emotions anymore and I always feel really nauseous and can barely eat again!!
I've been trying soooo so hard to get my life back again after this absolutely horrendous year and I finally almost felt like a normal and somewhat healthy 26 year old human once again, but now after these tablets I just feel like I'm going backwards and back to where I was at the beginning of the year when I was very seriously ill and it's just soooo so frustrating and disheartening for me and even my family 
We're gunna give the tablets a week and if I'm still bad then I'm just gunna stop them as I really don't wanna be feeling all ill and rubbish over Christmas, especially as I already sadly missed Christmas last year due to being very seriously ill (I was diagnosed with Cancer in March/April this year)
My parents are gunna ring up my team at the Cancer centre to see what they say and stuff anyway, but we were just wondering if anyone else has had to take these tablets and how they've affected you and what you did about it or what alternatives there are and stuff if they were also rubbish for any of you??
Thankyou 
I'm sorry to read how rubbish you're feeling whilst taking these tablets and I can totally understand why you don't want to feel like this over Christmas
The online community is divided into different support groups so I hope you don't mind me suggesting that you also join and post this question in the ovarian cancer group as you'll then connect directly with others who are on the same treatment as you.
To join, just click on the link I've created and, once you've joined, you can start a new post in the same way as you did here and join in with existing conversations by clicking on 'reply'.
It would be great if you could put something about your diagnosis and treatment to date into your profile as it really helps others when replying to you and also when looking for someone on a similar pathway. It also means that you don't have to keep repeating yourself. To do this click on your username and then select 'Profile'. You can amend it at any time and if you're not sure what to write you can take a look at mine by clicking on my username.
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