Hi all Following a radical hysterectomy and omentum surgery last year I am recovering well and apart from slowly regaining the feeling in my groin inner thighs I have a lot to be thankful for . I wanted to ask if anyone had been really struggling with...
Hello I wondered if anyone else has experienced dehydration prior to diagnosis. About a year before I was diagnosed I had awful dehydration especially if I drank even one glass of wine. I had a terrible headache and felt sick. I stopped drinking and...
Hi….I had symptoms last year then my tummy started to swell … it was discovered I had an ovarian cyst ..a very large one .. i had it removed along with my ovaries ..by this time it weighed 18lb…then found out I had ovarian cancer in the same ovary as...
The last 9 months have been a whirlwind, treated for stage 4 through chemo and a full hysterectomy. Two weeks ago I received the good news that it has all gone and I've agreed to a daily maintenance tablet to try and prevent recurrence. I now find myself...
Hi everyone Apologies if I shouldn’t be writing on this group but I didn’t know who else to ask and confide in. 12-18 months ago I started showing symptoms again for Endometriosis following a diagnosis and treatment in 2014. So summer 2021, I was...
Hello I am 53 and I was diagnosed with serous Ovaian cancer stage 1C1 in October' I had completion surgery in November. Started chemo in January had an allergic reaction to Paclotaxil so I'm only having Carboplatin. Had my 2nd round. Coping well physically...
Hi after having a cyst on my ovaries which resulted in having to have everything removed .stage 2. After six session of chemotherapy, I was told today iam in remission i couldnt stop crying .now iam worried What medication is normally prescribed or...
Hi my name is Caroline, I'm new to the group, despite being diagnosed with peritoneal cancer last year in June. I've under gone chemotherapy and several drains and procedures on both of my lungs. I'm currently in remission but I have problems with my...
Terrible few weeks - following ongoing on off nerve pain 'down there' which was confused with other things, amongst pain from known sacroiliac joint problem, I now find myself waiting for an operation. NHS have been fast with setting up the appointments...
I've had symptons of Ovarian Cancer for some time now but did not pursue early enough getting tests/diagnosis. One thing I did do a week ago was to get a MRI from the National MRI Scanning Centre that I hope to get done this week coming. With covid...
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