Hi All, this is my first time posting. I’d like to know how effective letrozole is for stopping ovarian cancer from coming back. I’ve only been on it 2 weeks and it’s like I’ve had a personality transplant. I am usually a very calm person very slow to...
Hi Everyone, I’ve not been on here for a while after trying to adjust to major surgery and a stoma. I made friends with a lady in hospital who had just been diagnosed and sadly we lost her 6 month later which has really affected me. I’ve struggled through...
Last year I got diagnosed with Stage 3 Low Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. 6 rounds of cabo taxol chemotherapy, the big Operation in October 25 which was successful and since then take letrozole every day. My question is this. I've put on 2 stone since my...
Hi. I hope it's OK to be here. I'm a Brit but I live in Portugal. Obviously I can't avail myself of all of the fabulous Macmillan support. But Macmillan is very familiar to me so this is one of the first online groups I thought of. I'm newly diagnosed...
Hi Everybody i was diagnosed mid May with Stage 4B Ovarian Cancer. I have just had 3 cycles of chemotherapy. I was expecting a call today to tell me if I would be offered surgery but it never came. My tumour markers CA125 are 34 but the cancer is widespread...
had a full hysterectomy 7 weeks ago due to ovarian cancer I have now gone into surgical menopause including really bad panic attacks can anyone help me with dealing with this thank you
Hi all, I hope you are all doing well! My mum was diagnosed with stage 3c ovarian cancer in May 2026. Life has been very intense since then. I ended up having to rush her to hospital at the end of June for what turned out to be a bowel obstruction...
Hi I have just been diagnosed with cancer it’s late 3. I am 56 and just had my first chemo five days ago. Just needed to speak to people who are going through the same thing.
I have just found out I have Ovarian cancer with Peritoneal thickening & omental caking in my pelvis also enlarged retroperitoneal nodes, I have had CT scans and just had a biopsy, I am just waiting for the results of the biopsy to find out what treatment...
hi all I am new to the group, I was diagnosed last June with a 30cm tumour in my ovary and attached to my bowel. I had my surgery in July which took 10.5 hours and I had a 95% risk of dying in the surgery! I survived and I am here which I am forever grateful...
