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Hi Everyone, So bit of a scary time for me as is for everyone on here I'm guessing. I have just had MRI and CT scan done and they have found 2 cysts one 9cm and one 4cm they I also have alot of fluid in the abdomen and they have found some nodules on...
any help - my mum has been on inhibitors for 7 months now she is 86 and doing really well in herself - we are awaiting a scan which we didnt know was expected - has anyone had this requested - worried it means drugs are not working - (i was convinced...
Hi, I am a 62 year old midwife with stage ‘3C at least’ Ovarian Cancer. The Ovarian cancer was eventually diagnosed in March/April last year (2021) after repeated trips to the GP and basically being fobbed off as a time waster. I had radical surgery...
Hi New to this site. On Wednesday 17th I was told that I had stage 3 ovarian cancer, although I am waiting to have a biopsy to confirm this, although the consultant is pretty sure! He has told me that after the biopsy I will have one round of chemo...
51 yr old woman brca2 positive after ovarian cancer and ovarian removal (3 yrs ago) ca125 is in normal range but going up- from 8 to 14 to 19) what can that be? Is there something to worry about?
Well had good news at Christmas tumour reduced by half and its gone from my liver chemo suspended yippee do. I have been a bit breathless in the last couple of weeks and tummy getting bigger, saw the gynaecologist yesterday he is going to be doing a...
I’m not sure why today particularly but I am suddenly feeling really low. I finished third line chemo in November which was very rough and played havoc with my bloods. At the end of it all some areas that had increased in size during the chemo reduced...
My partner of 36 years was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer last July. She is now on the last cycle of chemotherapy, after which she will only receive what they are calling ‘maintenance treatment’. My huge concern is that for the last three or so...
Dear all after lots of delays and surgery in Nov 2021 was finally diagnosed on 30 Dec 2021. I know very little at this point other than my current consultant said I will need further surgery (lymph node removal?) and chemotherapy but my care will transfer...
Hi I am new to this group, recently had surgery to have a 15-17cm cyst removed. I had a frozen section done there and then, after surgery I found out I had germ cell cancer. A rare form of cancer. I had never heard of it before and I wondered if anyone...
