Almost finished my carbo / gem

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Hello ladies,

I finished my carbo/gem last Friday and next Friday 16 October will be the last single agent of the gem. This was for my first recurrence of fallopian tube high grade serous,which was diagnosed 4.5 years ago. 

I feel quite daunted by the fact of finishing chemo as I feel the safety net is not there. My Ca 125 has gone down from 532 to 29 which I am happy about and hopefully it will have gone down slightly more with this last dose.

The plan is to have a CT scan in 4 weeks time followed by th M.D.T. meeting  and then a Consultation. It has already been decided that the next step is to go on the parp inhibitor Rucaparib, so I am hoping that this will work. A lot to think about.

Take care, and stay safe. Georgette. x

  • Hi

    Although I'm not a member of this group I read your post and didn't want to pass by without replying.

    I can understand that you must be feeling a bit worried about coming to the end of your chemo but it does sound like your team have got the next step ready. I hope this will also continue to work for you.

    Do come back and let the group know how you get on with your scans and consultation.

    x

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  • Thank you for your reply. I will let you know what happens next.x

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    Hi Georgette, I can so relate to how your feeling about coming to the end of treatment or at least I did till a got what could be a set back.  I was meant to have my last chemo tomorrow I'm on pacataxil and Carno 5 rounds before my op and 3 after so this would have been number 8.  My marker went from 1965 to 8 and 2 weeks ago I had to have an endoscopic ultrasound and fine needle biopsy to investigate something on my oesophageal junction which wasn't troubling me, my oncologist called  me as usual pre chemo and said it's just a cyst but my cancer marker has gone back up to 195 so chemo on hold and I have to have a scan, well nearly a week later no appointment and I am beside myself with worry.  I was doing so well I now feel I've been through all this for nothing. I'm fed up with people telling me to be strong I'm feeling pretty hopeless.  I recognise I now need some councilng but in a blink of an eye I've gone to looking forward to going back to work in Jan and growing some hair, to thinking I'm going to die anyway so why did I bother with treatment. 

    Good luck to you hun if you ever want to get stuff off your chest you can always chat to me, I'm usually very upbeat

    Take care

  • Hi,I am so sorry you are having to deal with something else,just when things appeared to be going right for you. It is a good job though that it has been picked up quickly and I hope things turn around for you.

    All this cancer is hard to deal with,along with waiting for results for various things.

    At the moment I am feeling fine, but there is always a doubt isn't there.

    Anyway I wish you luck, do let me know what transpires.

    Georgetexx

  • FormerMember
    FormerMember in reply to Georgette

    Hi hun, got my scan tomorrow morning so fingers crossed and thanks for your reply I'm glad your feeling good

    Xx

  • Hi, I hope that your scan goes well and that the results are favourable. Georgette x