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Hi, just hopped over from bowel forum. Severe pain and bloating for 6 weeks, clearing with laxatives but there is still a blockage. Severe fatigue for months/years and possible weight loss. Negative for blood in stool so waiting for non urgent colonoscopy...
My mother is a ovarian cancer patient-3C (primary peritoneal ). She has already completed 12 chemotherapy cycles. Since 8th cycle doctor reccommend to take bevacizumab as maintenance therapy. Now she has take 5 cycles of bevacizumab (krabeva -600mg)....
Has anyone had the chemio drug BEVACIZUMAB added to CARBOPLATIN and PACLITAXEL after debulking surgery for Ovarian Cancer? and how did you feel afterwards in terms of side effects?
So I saw the GP he did some pressing around on my abdomen and with my mum previously having primary peritoneal cancer stage 4 then ovarian and debulking he is putting me on the 2 week pathway with a blood test Monday. Dad also died of prostate cancer...
Hi new to this group cannot find a section for fallopian tube cancer on here so I guess ovarian is the group to join started bleeding in April of this year have had 2 biopsies in the past few months both showed polyps which have been removed still...
Hi, I am Stage 4 ovarian cancer and have been through 5 rounds of chemo and had debulking surgery 5 weeks ago. I had no bleeding for fit’s 2 weeks then it started and hasn’t stopped sincef. I would be interested to know if this is most people’s experience...
Hello everyone, I'm new and just reaching out as I navigate the confirmed cancer diagnosis after surgery five weeks ago. I'm starting chemotherapy this week and am very anxious about how this will be - I know there is so much uncertainty but I will...
Hi I haven't posted for a while.Am trying to find anyone else who has has a Krukenburg tumour on their ovaries and had an op to remove them. I know it's a rare tumour only 1 maybe 2% but I would love to hear from someone.I am 16 months post op and doing...
I had debulking surgery for ovarian cancer stage 3C: Hysterectomy and part of momentum and disease in a few spots around tissues. The outcome of the surgery has been that there is still trace of cancer, a few millimetres and in an area that could not...
Hi. I’ve had 3 cycles of carboplatin and paclitaxel. I used the cold cap and my hair has thinned but is okay. I am being moved onto caelyx. The side effects still state hair loss but the oncology nurse doesn’t think I’ll need the cold cap. I wondered...
