I am wondering if anyone who had the debulking surgery (and 3 or 4 chemio sessions before) can tell me how it feels after surgery recovery to have chemio? Did you feel same sort of body reaction as before having surgery? I mean in terms of the chemio side effects.....were they worse after surgery? did you feel more pain?
Thank you
Hi , I had 4 chemo before surgery and 2 after ( my last one last Friday). Chemo started again 6 weeks post surgery and I was worried the side effects would be more intense and to my surprise actually just the same as before and manageable . I’m stage 3 c high grade. Think I found the first 4 weeks post surgery the hardest part so far. Best wishes for ongoing recovery and treatment. X
Hi , yes I had Avastin added into my final chemo last Friday, this will continue every 3 weeks , infusion , will take around 30 minutes each time for around 15 months. I am BARAC 2 positive so hopefully will be prescribed Olaparid tablets PARP later this month. I think the maintenance treatment depends on the subtype of OC , there are different PARP. There is a lot of information about maintenance treatments on target ovarian and ovacome websites, that may be interesting for you to see. Hope your last chemo goes ok . End of one chapter and the beginning of another on this journey. Best wishes with ongoing treatments. S X
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