Hi everyone. I am a newbie to this site. I just thought I’d get some advice/support from people with experience in this particular illness. My mum was diagnosed with what they initially thought was uterine cancer last March (since her referral to the Christie it was said it had actually started on her ovaries). This had spread into her pelvic cavity, in particular part of her bowel, and also her peritoneum. She had an initial round of chemo in the hope of shrinking the tumour which it did. She then had a full hysterectomy last August and part of her bowel removed. This then left a couple of small dots remaining on her peritoneum which they said they could control with more chemo. She has had a couple of rounds of chemo. The first break she had, which was last December, she suffered with a fluid build up on her lung, which in turn made her feel very sick and she lost even more weight. She had a permanent drain inserted and that seemed to help. When she started the next round of chemo she actually improved a lot, they even removed the drain as there wasn’t much being removed plus it kept getting infected. She had a scan round about then and from what she says, had reduced the size of the small tumours on her peritoneum. She is now on another break and this time she seems more ill than ever. Has ascites build up, constant sickness and some vomiting, diarrhoea and strong fatigue. She had a scan a couple of weeks ago which she still hasn’t had the results to as she was admitted to our local hospital due to these symptoms. She had a drain done a few days ago but she still has lots of weakness and sickness. I guess what I’m trying to find out is, is it really the fluid build up causing these symptoms or is it just the cancer in general which is making her go on this downhill turn. My mum isn’t one to open up about what is really going on and how she feels so I kind of feel in the dark about a lot of things. I’m going to visit her in hospital later and intend on speaking to the doctors/nurses for more information. Has anyone had any experience with this sort for thing whether it was yourself or a family member. Sorrru for the long rambling, it’s hard to paint a picture and keep it condensed to a small paragraph
