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Hi im having ovarian cyst removed on Friday, just wondered others experience. How painful is it and recovery.
Hello,Has anyone being put on letrozole whilst continuing on Paclitaxel for metastatic ovarian. This has been suggested to my mum. Than you. Many Thanks Losh
Hello I am around 6 weeks into this journey and absolutely petrified. The Drs are confirming my diagnosis which is suspected as ovarian cancer spread to my omentum, little bit to my liver. Awaiting my biopsy results any day now. My stomach is so swollen...
Hi, diagnosed two weeks ago after being messed around at gp and hospital. In shock at minute and very weepy. Waiting for hysterectomy and possibly have a stoma next month then probably chemo. I’m 72, never been in hospital except for childbirth and very...
Hi currently waiting biopsy results, had ovarian cyst on ovaries and had both ovaries and fallopian tubes removed in October but cyst ruptured in surgery and had to have womb, cervix and Omentum removed in January, awaiting on these results.. I am aware...
Do you always have your follow up appointments with your consultant or is it sometimes a telephone consultation with your clinical nurse specialist?
I've had my abdominal ultrasound sound and transvaginal scan today for diagnosis, obviously have to wait for results, but since having them done my pain seems to have been aggravated, also my bladder hurt along with something on my right while having...
Hi, I’ve just joined the group. I’m 33, diagnosed last year with clear cell ovarian carcinoma. After a month of diagnosis, I’ve undergone removal of one of my ovaries and then just recently completed 6 cycles of chemotherapy. Since my diagnosis, I hardly...
Hi, I went for unrelated surgery about 11 days ago and before my surgeon got stuck in, he found a mass on my left ovary (about the size of a large grapefruit if his hands are accurate) After consultation with a colleague, he called in a gynaecologist...
does any one has chemo brain fog which almost feel like
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