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Hi all you wonderfully strong women! So it's been a 6 week wait for me to have a laparotomy to remove a large mass 30x20cm or so and all the reproductive organs too. It's been a bumpy couple of weeks with my mind playing lots of tricks on me but finally...
Hey there just wanted to say Hi I am newly diagnosed with ovarian cancer x
Had my biopsy Friday and to help me out they put a drain in and took 4.5ltrs of fluid, on a positive I lost 8lbs in weight I have struggled to loose that 8lb with slimming world for years. Got to look for the silver lining.
Hi Everyone, I would very much appreciate any advice please. My mother was diagnosed with Overian Cancer around 3 years ago stage 4, she has gone through hell and back including chemotherapy, visits to a local hospice and ongoing bouts of nausea that...
Hi all, First of all, sending strength and courage to everyone going through this awful disease. I was just 19 years old when I got diagnosed with 1c Ovarian Cancer. I was pregnant with my 2nd son and he reputured a 10cm cancerous ovarian cyst (as...
Hi Ladies I had cycle eight of chemo last week, and am feeling quite anxious, as my CA125 level started at over 600 it came down to 73 in July went up to 80 in August and is now 105. I have a CT scan tomorrow and was hoping I will be put on inhibitor...
For the last year I have had a dull ache/pain/bloated tummy that is almost on my hip, that radiates to my lower abdomen On and off. I had an ultrasound at the beginning of the year that came back okay. The past two weeks the pain has become more intense...
Hello I'm new to this group, I recieved the news this week that my CA-125 results was high . Iv been referred to see a gynecologist and have been booked in for scans. My head is all over the place at the moment with having to wait . I lost my mum...
I am new to the site. I was diagnosed with Low Grade Serious Metastatic Carcinoma ovary cancer. I am on Letrozole at the moment and it seems to be working. I am due to get a new scan done in a couple of weeks and then the surgical team will decide if...
Hi. I was diagnosed with Fallopian tube cancer after having a BSO following a BRCA1 gene mutation. On 18 August I had an omenectomy and appendectomy, I’m having lots of discomfort after meals, it gets worse as I go through the day. I can’t eat big...
