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Hi. I hope it's OK to be here. I'm a Brit but I live in Portugal. Obviously I can't avail myself of all of the fabulous Macmillan support. But Macmillan is very familiar to me so this is one of the first online groups I thought of. I'm newly diagnosed...
Hi My poor dear mum is seeing a gynaecologist urgently after a CT showed a suspicious tumour. She also has a colonoscopy next week for a stricture in her bowel. I'm quite shocked and believe the two could be related? Anyone of any age in a similar position...
Hi Everybody i was diagnosed mid May with Stage 4B Ovarian Cancer. I have just had 3 cycles of chemotherapy. I was expecting a call today to tell me if I would be offered surgery but it never came. My tumour markers CA125 are 34 but the cancer is widespread...
Hi, I’ve had two Denosumab injections so far and since the last one I’ve been having migraines with headaches, sometimes multiple times a day. I usually rarely get them and have always been without headaches. has anyone else experienced this?
Hi Lovely ladies, I have been fast tracked for tests tomorrow. I will be having an internal examination, another internal scan and possibly a biopsy. This is because my walls have thickened. My CA125 is 17. I am very worried as I know you can all...
I had an US scan to check my coil was on place and it was noted there was free fluid. I was sent for a CT scan which confirmed moderate pelvic ascites but no mass seen and CA125 marker was low. I was referred back to gynae who closed my referral for reasons...
Hi. Has anyone with stage 1 clear cell had conversations about chemo after hysterectomy?
had a full hysterectomy 7 weeks ago due to ovarian cancer I have now gone into surgical menopause including really bad panic attacks can anyone help me with dealing with this thank you
Hi all, I wonder if there’s anyone here who has opted for just chemo instead of surgery? my mum had her first appointment with the oncology team today. She’s been diagnosed with OC 3B (they’re not sure if it’s stage 4 as they can’t see inside the...
Briefly, my wife was diagnosed with Stage 4 HGSOC just over four years ago. Primary taxol/platinum treatment and surgery went well; CA125 in single digits, and maintained for a year on Avastin. After less than another year, CA125 went up and three lymph...
