Hi, not sure if I'm looking for advice or just to vent as I have no-one I can talk to. I had stage 1 ovarian cancer about 4 years ago (germ cell tumour) - I was very lucky in that it was removed bef e I knew I had cancer & I did't need any further treatment...
Hi I was just wondering how often you have these blood tests, and do you have both? How soon following surgery did you have these bloods taken? Or are they only taken after treatment? So far I have only had surgery but neither of these bloods have...
Hi, Just wondering if there is any link between a mass being P53 wild type, MMR proficient and the likelihood or not of having the BRCA genes? Currently awaiting genetic testing but I already know that my tumour was MMR proficient, hormone positive...
I had chemotherapy and a hysterectomy five years ago to treat Stage 3 serous ovarian cancer. This was successful and I was in the ICON8B trial. Recent CA125 tests have shown an increase in my markers - only very slight but enough for the consultant to...
Hi, I was wondering how often you have scans after being declared NED? I was NED after neo adjuvant chemo and surgery in June 2023, started Niraparib in the July. Obviously, I have montly bloods done and so far my CA125 has remained at 7, but there has...
I started taking Olaparib about 2 months ago. The first month was pretty rough but the second month much better. When I started Olaparib, my CA-125 was 19 about 5 weeks after my 6 rounds of chemo after being in remission for about 6 years (I had a...
Hey all, I was wondering if this was the right place to post. If its not I apologise. I dont want to come across as insensitive. I am a 38 mum of 4 and have been feeling a bit unwell recently It started with a bit of pain about 2 fingers width...
My mum was diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer. She had chemo and it was removed she's on a oral chemo tablet. She recently had a 3 months scan from starting oral chemo. She just got a call to ask us to come to speak about scan results on monday ...
My mum was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She did treatment and was given the all clear. Since then she was put on an oral chemo tablet. Even with this they told her the best she can hope with is for 3 years before cancer returns. Well since being on...
If you would see my post from 5 months ago about a success story with my mum and them telling us and her that the cancer had completely gone. Well since then my mum had 3 more chemos to finish up after surgery and was going today to get her chemo tablet...
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