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Hi all I was diagnosed with Stage 4 ovarian cancer in September 2022. Two operations and two cycles of chemo later (the first was only 4 out of the proposed 6 due to a infection that led to hospitalisation) I began on the maintenance treatment Niraparib...
Hi, new to the group. don’t know where to start, mom had ovarian cancer In 2023. Was removed with the ovaries and then all went wrong and she had to have a kidney removed. Fast forward a year 2024 it’s now come back as secondary cancer, clear cell carcinoma...
Hi, I recently had surgery for stage 2b ovarian cancer which appears to be successful in that the consultant says they’ve removed all the cancer. However, I have stage 4 kidney disease so he’s now told me I can’t have chemo. I am absolutely shattered...
So to cut a long story short, I have virtually every single textbook symptom of ovarian cysts (cancer), and some! At my ultrasound on Sunday I was told after the scan two things: 1. "I could only see one ovary, but surely if there was a cyst we'd be...
Hi group, I'm back here after 8years. Well, its back so shocked and finding it hard to think it's me I'm talking about. its back in lungs, spleen and stomach, cannot operate because in several places and in a very rare place at bottom of stomach, so...
I had a debulking on March 13 th and also had a stoma made . So , about 7 weeks ago. I am making progress …. more mobile , less fatigue etc. BUT … I feel as though I have a sore , tender ball inside my abdomen.. even my pants touching the area is sore...
Hi I’m new to the forum and looking for support . HGOC 3b I have a concern with surgery as my surgeon didn’t take all the cancer out . Left some on rectum and only took a small amount of omentum out . Since op I’ve researched a lot and this isn’t...
Following treatment six years ago for ovarian cancer using Carboplatin and Pacitaxel, I was left with numbness in both feet which sadly has remained. Having cancer detected again this year, I am now being treated with Carboplatin and Caelyx. I feel...
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place but I kind of in limbo and don't know where my query belongs, also I'm new to here. I'm 53 and have been post meno since my 20's, last year I was having heavy bleeding so was referred to gynaecology for test, my...
Diagnosed with 4a ovarian cancer in Feb 2022. Had 6 cycles of chemo and radical hysterectomy and in Oct 22 declared NED! During this time I put on 8 Ib in weight so returned to slimming world Nov 22 which I was following pre diagnosis! Started on maintenance...
